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Bank and Public Holidays for Jordan

Jordan 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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27 Jan 2012 (Jordan News Agency Petra-Amman) The government of Jordan has released the list of official non-working public holidays in Jordan for the calendar year 2012. • 29 Dec 2011 (Jordan News Agency Petra-Amman) Jordanian Prime Minister, Awn Khasawneh, has issued an official communiqué declaring Sunday, January 1st, 2012, as an official non-working public holiday on the occasion of the upcoming Gregorian New Year holiday. • 21 Dec 2011 (Jordan News Agency Petra-Amman) Jordanian Prime Minister, Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, has issued an official statement declaring Sunday, December 25, 2011, as an official non-working public holiday on the occasion of the upcoming Christmas Day holiday. • 02 Nov 2011 (Jordan News Agency Petra-Amman) Jordan's Prime Minister, Awn Khasawneh, has issued a communiqué declaring a period of non-working public holidays from Saturday, November 5, to Friday, November 11, 2011, for all ministries and public institutions, on account of the upcoming Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice). • 17 Aug 2011 (Jordan News Agency Petra-Amman) Jordanian Prime Minister, Marouf Al Bakhit, has issued a circular decreeing a 4-day period of public holidays (Tuesday, August 30, to Friday, September 2, 2011) for the upcoming Eid Al Fitr (End of Ramadan) feast. • 19 May 2011 (Jordan News Agency Petra-Amman) Jordanian Prime Minister, Marouf Bakhit, has issued a communique declaring Wednesday, May 25, 2011, as the date of the upcoming Independence Day non-working public holiday throughout Jordan. • 28 Apr 2011 (Jordan News Agency Petra-Amman) Jordanian Prime Minister, Marouf Bakhit, has issued a communique declaring Sunday, May 1st, 2011, as a public holiday for all ministries, government departments and public institutions. • 11 Feb 2011 (Jordan News Agency Petra-Amman) Jordan's Prime Minister, Marouf Bakhit, has issued a communique announcing the date of the upcoming public holiday for the Prophet's Birthday as Tuesday, February 15, 2011. • 23 Dec 2010 (Jordan News Agency Petra-Amman) Jordanian Prime Minister, Samir Rifai, has issued an official statement declaring Saturday, January 1st, 2011, as an official non-working public holiday in Jordan on the occasion of the upcoming Western New Year. • 22 Dec 2010 (Jordan News Agency Petra-Amman) Jordanian Prime Minister, Samir Rifai, has issued an official statement declaring Saturday, December 25, 2010, as an official non-working public holiday on the occasion of the upcoming Christmas Day holiday. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Jordan public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Weekends are Fridays and Saturdays. • Normal Business Hours: Fridays and Saturdays government offices, banks and most offices are closed. Government departments are open from 08:00 to 15:00 daily, Sunday to Thursday. • Ramadan Business Hours: Working hours for public agencies in Jordan are customarily reduced to 09:00 to 14:00. during the month of Ramadan, instead of 08:00 to 15:00 during the rest of the year. Private businesses also adjust their working day during the fasting month. • In January 2007, Jordan's King Abdullah II instructed the government to scrap both royal public holidays: the The King's Birthday (January 30) and late King Hussein's birthday (November 14) in a bid to boost productivity in the kingdom . • Christmas is an official public holiday in Jordan since 1956 . • Jordan International Codes JO and JOR (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .jo (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Jordan information and news: Central Bank of Jordan (Jordan central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Jordan maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Jordan), and Wikipedia (includes Jordan commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Jordan, 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.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Jordan that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Jordan, for the current year, were based on the official dates published by the government of Jordan until the end of 2011. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

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