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Bank and Public Holidays for Nicaragua

Nicaragua bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for the first 3 months of 2013, 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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25 Apr 2012 (Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua-MITRAB) Nicaragua's President, Daniel Ortega, has announced that Monday, April 30, 2012, would be a one-off non-working public holiday in Nicaragua as that day is sandwiched (encajonado) between the weekend and the annual May 1st non-working public holiday. • 24 Mar 2012 (Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua-MITRAB) Nicaragua's Minister of Labour, Jeannette Chávez Gómez, has announced that Nicaragua's public sector workers and government services would once again close down for 9 consecutive days of public sector holidays on account of the upcoming Holy Week (disfrutarán de vacaciones desde el Sábado de Ramos al Domingo de Pascua inclusive). • 17 Dec 2011 (Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua-MITRAB) Nicaragua's Minister of Labour, Jeannette Chávez Gómez, has announced that MITRAB (Ministerio del Trabajo) had declared public sector holidays from Saturday, December 24, 2011, until Wednesday, January 4, 2012, inclusively. • 29 Nov 2011 (Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua-MITRAB) Nicaragua's Ministerio del Trabajo (Mitrab) has declared a general public holiday (para todos los trabajadores del sector público y privado) on Thursday, December 8, 2011, on account of the upcoming Immaculate Conception (celebraciones de La Purísima) public holiday. • 04 Nov 2011 (Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua-MITRAB) Nicaragua's Minister of Labour, Jeannette Chávez Gómez, has issued a communique announcing that Monday, November 7, 2011, would not, this time, be an additional non-working paid public holiday on the day after the upcoming elections. • 13 Sep 2011 (Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua-MITRAB) Nicaragua's Minister of Labour, Jeannette Chávez Gómez, has issued a communique announcing that Friday, September 16, 2011, would be an additional non-working paid public sector holiday to bridge the gap between the upcoming national days public holidays and the weekend of September 17-18, 2011. • 06 Sep 2011 (Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua-MITRAB) Nicaragua's Minister of Labour, Jeannette Chávez Gómez, has issued a communique announcing that Wednesday and Thursday, September 14-15, 2011, would be fully-paid public holidays (dichos días son de descanso obligatorio con goce de salario) on account of the upcoming national days public holidays. • 27 Jul 2011 (Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua-MITRAB) Nicaragua's Minister of Labour, Jeannette Chávez Gómez, has issued a communique announcing that Monday, August 1, and Wednesday, August 10, 2011, would be a fully-paid public holidays (asueto remunerado) in the city of Managua (para todas las personas que laboran exclusivamente en el municipio de Managua). • 13 Jul 2011 (Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua-MITRAB) Nicaragua's Minister of Labour, Jeannette Chávez Gómez, has issued a communique announcing that Tuesday, July 19, 2011, would be a fully-paid public holiday (día de descanso obligatorio con goce de salario) for all sectors of the economy. • 28 May 2011 (Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua-MITRAB) Nicaragua's Minister of Labour, Jeannette Chávez Gómez, has announced that Monday, May 30, 2011, would be a fully-paid public holiday (día de asueto con goce de salario) for women in the public sector who have children on account of the upcoming Día de la Madre Nicaragüense. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Nicaragua 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: The law governing official public holidays (feriados nacionales y asuetos decretados) in Nicaragua, is the Labour Code of October 30, 1996, and in particular articles 66-67-68 and 264 as well as laws 185 and 290. • Weekend Public Holidays: Article 68 of the Labour Code states that holidays that fall on Sundays are either financially compensated, or an alternative date is given. But giving the alternate date on the following Monday is not a regular practice; these extra days tend to be added to paid vacations, or to complete the afternoon-only public holidays of May 30 and November 2. • Immaculate Conception: although the Ministry of Labour website does not include December 8 as a public holiday, it is included specifically in Article 66 of the Labour Code. • Election Public Holidays are regulated by articles 48 and 51 of the Constitución Política de Nicaragua. • Santo Domingo: the public holidays of Treida de Santo Domingo and Dejada de Santo Domingo are celebrated in the capital city of Managua only. • Municipal Public Holidays: In addition to the above national public holidays, many cities and towns throughout Nicaragua celebrate their own festival and public holidays, usually on the nameday of their patron Saint. • Mothers' Day and All Souls' Day: By tradition, and as resolved by the Ministerio del Trabajo, the afternoons of Mothers' day and of All Souls' day are half-day public holidays. • End-of-the-Year Government Closings: Although this is not an automatic yearly occurrence, in the past years, the Ministry of Labour has announced, in early December, that all non-essential government offices would be closed from the Friday night before Christmas, to the morning of the first working day after January 1. • Nicaragua International Codes NI and NIC (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .ni (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Nicaragua information and news: Central Bank of Nicaragua (Nicaragua central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Nicaragua maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Nicaragua), and Wikipedia (includes Nicaragua commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

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

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 2013 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Nicaragua, 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 Nicaragua, before planning any trip to Nicaragua. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.