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Bank and Public Holidays for Cape Verde

Cape Verde 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.

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12 Jun 2011 (Ministro da Administração Interna-República de Cabo Verde) The government of Cape Verde has declared one-off public sector holiday (tolerância de ponto) for the entire day of Friday, July 8, 2011. • 07 Mar 2011 (Ministro da Administração Interna-República de Cabo Verde) The government of Cape Verde has declared one off public sector holidays (tolerância de ponto) for the afternoon of Tuesday, March 8, and the entire day of Wednesday, March 9, 2011. • 08 Dec 2010 (Ministro da Administração Interna-República de Cabo Verde) The government of Cape Verde has declared one off public sector holidays on Friday, December 24, and Friday, December 31, 2010. • 31 Mar 2010 (Expresso das Ilhas-Praia) The government of Cape Verde has declared a one off public sector holiday (tolerância de ponto) on Thursday, April 1st, 2010, for Maundy Thursday. • 14 Dec 2009 (Boletim Oficial-República de Cabo Verde) The government of Cape Verde has declared one off public sector holidays (tolerância de ponto) on Thursday, December 24, and Thursday, December 31, 2009. • 04 Nov 2009 (Expresso das Ilhas-Praia) Late last night, the Prime Minister of Cape Verde, José Maria Neves, declared Friday, November 6, 2009, as a one-off public holiday, in view of the growing dengue fever epidemic. • 19 Dec 2008 (Boletim Oficial-República de Cabo Verde) The government of Cape Verde has declared one off public sector holidays (tolerância de ponto) on Wednesday, December 24, 2008, and Friday, January 2, 2009. • 15 Dec 2006 (Boletim Oficial-República de Cabo Verde) The government of Cape Verde has declared one off public sector holidays on Tuesday, December 26, 2006, and Tuesday, January 2, 2007. • 12 Apr 2006 (Boletim Oficial-República de Cabo Verde) The government of Cape Verde has declared a one off public sector holiday (tolerância de ponto) on Thursday, April 13, 2006, for Maundy Thursday. • 12 Dec 2005 (Boletim Oficial-República de Cabo Verde) The government of Cape Verde has declared one off public sector holidays on Monday, December 26, 2005, and Monday, January 2, 2006. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Cape Verde public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in Cape Verde are regulated by the Decreto núm. 18/84, de 18 de febrero, por el que se establece la obligación de los empleadores de informar a la autoridad laboral del calendario de días feriados, which was amended in 1991 by the lei n 16/IV/91 de 30 de Dezembro, an amendment which was overturned on May 29, 2005. • Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a weekend remain on that date (ie. they are not moved to another date, such as the following Monday, for example). • Regional Public Holidays: Cities and regions also have some of their own public holidays. • Municipal Day in Mindelo (Island of São Vicente) is January 22. • Municipal Day in Praia is May 19. • Cape Verde International Codes CV and CPV (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .cv (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Cape Verde information and news: ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Cape Verde maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Cape Verde), and Wikipedia (includes Cape Verde commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Cape Verde, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh.

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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 Cape Verde, 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 Cape Verde, before planning any trip to Cape Verde. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.