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Sénégal bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 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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07 Jan 2013 Senegal Magal Public Holiday Decree (Site Officiel du Gouvernement du Sénégal-Dakar) Senegalese President, Macky Sall, has signed an executive decree declaring the Magal de Touba as an annual non-working public holiday in Sénégal (décret instituant le Magal comme jour férié, chômé et payé). • 07 Dec 2012 Senegal 2013 Magal Public Holiday Official (Site Officiel du Gouvernement du Sénégal-Dakar) The Senegalese Cabinet of Ministers has finally approved a decree declaring the date of the upcoming 2013 Magal de Touba as a non-working public holiday throughout Sénégal (déclaré férié, chômé et payé, la journée célébrant le Grand Magal de Touba édition 2013). • 02 Nov 2012 Senegal Magal Public Holiday Not Yet Gazetted (Site Officiel du Gouvernement du Sénégal-Dakar) No decree has yet been issued concerning the Magal de Touba public holiday, almost a year after then Senegalese President, Abdoulaye Wade, had announced that he would finally issue a presidential decree declaring the Magal de Touba as a new annual non-working public holiday (journée chômée et payée) in Sénégal. • 11 Jan 2012 Senegal Magal Public Holiday Tomorrow (Site Officiel du Gouvernement du Sénégal-Dakar) Senegalese President, Abdoulaye Wade has issued the Décret 2011-1978 which confirms that tomorrow, Thursday, January 12, 2012, will be, for the first time, a non-working public holiday in Sénégal, on account of the Magal de Touba. • 17 Dec 2011 Senegal Magal Public Holiday Confirmed (Walf Fadjri-Dakar) Senegalese President, Abdoulaye Wade, has finally confirmed that he will issue a presidential decree declaring the Magal de Touba as a new annual non-working public holiday (journée chômée et payée) in Sénégal. • 03 Dec 2011 Senegal 2011 Ashura Public Holiday Moved (Site Officiel du Gouvernement du Sénégal-Dakar) The Senegalese government has announced that the date of the upcoming Tamkharit (Ashura) public holiday in Sénégal had been changed to Tuesday, December 6, 2011. • 15 Nov 2011 Senegal 2012 Public Holiday For Magal de Touba (Dakar Online-Dakar) According to the entourage of Senegalese President, Abdoulaye Wade, a presidential decree is currently being drafted declaring the Magal de Touba as a new annual non-working public holiday (jour férié, chômé et payé) in Sénégal. • 30 Oct 2011 Senegal 2011 Eid-el-Kabir November 7 (Dakar Online-Dakar) The National Moon-Sighting Commission of Sénégal (Commission nationale de concertation sur le croissant lunaire - Conacoc) has announced that the upcoming Tabaski (Feast of Sacrifice) public holiday would be on Monday, November 7, 2011. • 26 Oct 2011 Sénégal Magal Public Holiday Back In The Limelight (Dakar Online-Dakar) The spokesperson for the Khalife Général des Mourides, Serigne Bassirou Mbacké Abdou Khadre, has issued a statement reminding Senegalese President, Abdoulaye Wade, of his earlier promise to make the Magal de Touba into an annual non-working public holiday in Sénégal. • 30 Aug 2011 Sénégal End of Ramadan Tomorrow (SeneNews-Dakar) The President of President of the National Moon-Sighting Commission of Sénégal (Commission nationale de concertation sur le croissant lunaire - Conacoc), Ahmed Iyan Thiam, has announced that the upcoming Korité (End of Ramadan) public holiday would be tomorrow, Wednesday, August 31, 2011, in Sénégal. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Sénégal public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Magal de Touba the Mouride celebration commemorating of the return from exile of Mouridism's founder Cheikh Amadou Bamba, is not, strictly speaking, an official public holiday, but all employees are allowed to take up to 3 days off, the day before and the day after the actual Magal, to be deducted from their other holiday time, although, usually, civil servants never make up those extra days. Therefore on that day, and the 2 following days, to be safe, one should assume that business and government contacts will not be reachable, as was the case, once again in 2007 . • For many West Africans, the "Magal de Touba" is as important as the Hajj, the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca. It is deeper rooted in local Muslim traditions, but also more affordable to the poor majority of the region. • Despite the holidays listed, there are legally required only 8 paid holidays in addition to Independence Day and Labour Day. • The Presidential Inauguration Day was declared a national public holiday in 2007. • Sénégal International Codes SN and SEN (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .sn (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Sénégal information and news: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) (Sénégal central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Sénégal maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Sénégal), and Wikipedia (includes Sénégal commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Sénégal, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Sénégal, 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 Sénégal. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

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