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Bank and Public Holidays for Aruba

Related countries: North and South America Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba Curaçao Netherlands Sint Maarten

Aruba bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2012, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use.

Date in 2012

Holiday Name
Sun New Year's Day
Wed G.F. Betico Croes Day
Mon Carnival Monday
Sun National Anthem and Flag Day
Fri Good Friday
Mon Easter Monday
Mon Queen's Birthday
Tue Labour Day
Thu Ascension Day
Tue Christmas Day
Wed Boxing Day

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Recent News and Updates

15 Dec 2011 (Office of the Governor of Aruba-Oranjestad) The government of Aruba has released the official list of non-working public holidays in Aruba for the upcoming calendar year 2012.  28 Apr 2006 (Nederlands Dagblad) Aruba has confirmed that this year, it would follow the Netherlands' handling of the cases when the Queen's Birthday public holiday falls on a Sunday, and that the Queen's Birthday public holiday would be celebrated in Aruba on Saturday, April 29, in 2006.  More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Aruba public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.


Background Information

Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a weekend remain on that fixed date (ie. they are not moved to another date).  Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve: Although they are not official public holidays, some shops and businesses may be closed or will close early on these days.  Aruba International Codes AW and ABW (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .aw (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Aruba information and news: Central Bank of Aruba (Aruba central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Aruba maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Aruba), and Wikipedia (includes Aruba commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).


Footnotes
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Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Aruba, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Aruba, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Aruba. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.


Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Aruba, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Aruba, before planning any trip to Aruba. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.



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