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Bank and Public Holidays for Qatar

Qatar 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 Feb 2012 (Qatari News Agency-QNA) Qatar's Central Bank (QCB) has announced that all banks and financial institutions under its control (ie. all banks in Qatar) would be closed to the public on Sunday, March 4, 2012. • 12 Feb 2012 (Qatari News Agency-QNA) The Qatar Stock Exchange has announced that it would remain closed on Tuesday, February 14, 2012, on account of the upcoming new Sports Day public holiday. • 18 Jan 2012 (Gulf Times-Doha) The second Tuesday of February every year has been confirmed as the new Qatari National Sports Day public holiday by the Gulf Times which had published reports to the contrary in its edition of yesterday. • 17 Jan 2012 (Gulf Times-Doha) Confusing reports have appeared in the Middle East press that the upcoming National Sports Day public holiday declared last month would in fact be be observed on Saturday, February 18, 2012, rather than Tuesday, February 14, 2012. • 07 Dec 2011 (Qatari News Agency-QNA) Qatar's Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, has issued a decree declaring "National Sports Day" as a new annual non-working public holiday in Qatar, beginning in February 2012. • 03 Nov 2011 (Qatari News Agency-QNA) The Qatar Exchange (stock market) announced that it would remain closed from Sunday to Tuesday, November 6 to 8, 2011, inclusively, on account of the upcoming Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public holidays in Qatar. • 01 Nov 2011 (Qatari News Agency-QNA) Qatari authorities have announced the duration of the upcoming Eid al Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public holidays for the private sector, the public sector, and the banking and financial sectors of Oman for the calendar year 2011. • 29 Oct 2011 (Qatari News Agency-QNA) Qatar's Ministry of Religious Affairs has announced that the month of Dhul Hijjah had begun at sunset last night and. therefore, that the upcoming Eid Al Adha, and related public holidays, would be observed across the country based on the date of Sunday, November 6, 2011. • 24 Aug 2011 (Qatari News Agency-QNA) Qatar's Emiri Diwan has announced that the Qatari Council of Ministers had decided that public sector holidays, for ministries, other government departments, authorities and public institutions, for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) would be from Sunday, August 28, until Monday, September 5, 2011, inclusively. • 08 May 2011 (Qatari News Agency-QNA) A spokesperson for the Qatari Council of Ministers has announced that there would be no one-off eletoral public holiday on Tuesday, May 10, 2011, on the occasion of that date's Central Municipal Council (CMC) elections. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Qatar public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Weekends: After a one year trial period in 2000, the weekend in Qatar is now Friday and Saturday. Friday is the Muslim day of prayer and all offices are closed. Some shops, supermarkets, and malls do however open in the afternoon. • Qatar International Codes QA and QAT (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .qa (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Qatar information and news: Qatar Central Bank (Qatar central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Qatar maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Qatar), and Wikipedia (includes Qatar commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Qatar, 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 Qatar 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 Qatar were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays, see Muslim Calendar Holidays. 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 Qatar, 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 Qatar, before planning any trip to Qatar. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.