Public Holidays in August 2009
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AndorraAndorra La Vella Festival
Antigua & BarbudaJ'Ouvert Morning
BarbadosEmancipation Day
BeninIndependence Day
Caribbean NetherlandsEmancipation Day
Democratic Republic of the CongoParents' Day
SwitzerlandBundesfeiertag
SwitzerlandFête nationale (JU)
SwitzerlandGiorno festivo federale (TI)
GuyanaEmancipation Day
JamaicaEmancipation Day
St. LuciaEmancipation Day
Trinidad & TobagoEmancipation Day
St. Vincent & GrenadinesEmancipation Day
ChinaArmy Day
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AnguillaAugust Monday
AustraliaPicnic Day (NT)
BarbadosKadooment Day
Caribbean NetherlandsCarnival Monday
BahamasEmancipation Day
CanadaCivic Holiday
CanadaNew Brunswick Day (NB)
CanadaNatal Day (NS)
DominicaEmancipation Day
United KingdomSummer bank holiday
GrenadaEmancipation Day
Republic of Equatorial GuineaArmed Forces Day
Guinea-BissauPidjiguiti Day
IrelandFirst Monday in August
IcelandCommerce Day
St. Kitts & NevisEmancipation Day
MacedoniaDay of the Republic (substitute day)
MontserratEmancipation Day
Republic of the NigerIndependence Day
El SalvadorFiestas Agostinas
Turks & Caicos IslandsEmancipation Day
British Virgin IslandsEmancipation Monday
ZambiaFarmers' Day
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Cook IslandsConstitution Day
GhanaFounders Day
St. Kitts & NevisCulturama Day
British Virgin IslandsEmancipation Tuesday
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Burkina FasoIndependence Day
BrazilNossa Senhora das Neves
SpainNuestra Señora de África (CE)
SpainNuestra Señora de las Nieves (CN)
CroatiaVictory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian defenders
Canary IslandsNuestra Señora de las Nieves
El SalvadorFiestas Agostinas
British Virgin IslandsEmancipation Wednesday
PakistanRaksha Bandhan
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AnguillaAugust Thursday
BoliviaIndependence Day
JamaicaIndependence Day
El SalvadorCelebración del Divino Salvador del Mundo
IranBirthday of Imam Mahdi
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AnguillaConstitution Day
Republic of Côte d'IvoireIndependence Day
ColombiaBattle of Boyacá
RwandaNational Harvest Day
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EcuadorDeclaration of Independence of Quito
GrenadaCarnival Monday
SingaporeNational Day (substitute day)
United States of AmericaVictory Day
South AfricaPublic Holiday
ZimbabweHeroes' Day
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ThailandThe Queen Mother's Birthday
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Central African RepublicIndependence Day
Tunisiaعيد المرأة
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Kingdom of MoroccoAnniversary of the Recovery Oued Ed-Dahab
St. HelenaAnniversary Day
PakistanIndependence Day
PakistanJanmashtami
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AndorraAssumption
AustriaAssumption
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAssumption
People's Republic of BangladeshNational Mourning Day
BelgiumAssumption
Burkina FasoAssumption
BurundiAssumption
BeninAssumption
St. BarthsAssumption
BrazilAssumption (MG)
BrazilAdesão do Grão-Pará à independência do Brasil (PA)
Central African RepublicAssumption
Republic of the CongoAssumption
SwitzerlandAssumption
Republic of Côte d'IvoireAssumption
ChileAssumption
CameroonAssumption
Costa RicaMother's Day
Cape VerdeAssumption
CyprusAssumption
GermanyAssumption
SpainAssumption
FranceAssumption
GabonAssumption
French GuianaAssumption
The GambiaAssumption
GuineaAssumption
GuadeloupeAssumption
Republic of Equatorial GuineaConstitution Day
GreeceAssumption
CroatiaAssumption
HaitiAssumption
Canary IslandsAssumption
ItaliaAssumption
South KoreaLiberation Day
LithuaniaAssumption
LuxembourgAssumption
MonacoAssumption
St. MartinAssumption
MadagascarAssumption
MartiniqueAssumption
MaltaAssumption
New CaledoniaAssumption
PolandAssumption
St. Pierre & MiquelonAssumption
PortugalAssumption
ParaguayAssumption
RéunionAssumption
RomaniaAssumption
RwandaAssumption
SeychellesAssumption
SloveniaAssumption
San MarinoAssumption
SenegalAssumption
Togolese RepublicAssumption
Vatican CityAssumption
VenezuelaAssumption
VanuatuAssumption
MayotteAssumption
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BrazilDia de Santa Catarina
Dominican RepublicRestoration Day
GabonIndependence Day
VanuatuPublic Holiday
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ChileNativity of Liberator Bernardo O'Higgins
EstoniaDay of Restoration of Independence
HungarySaint Stephen's Day
Kingdom of MoroccoAnniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People
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United Arab EmiratesFirst day of Ramadan
BruneiFirst day of Ramadan
EthiopiaFirst day of Ramadan
MalaysiaFirst day of Ramadan
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PakistanGanesh Chaturthi
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People's Republic of BangladeshKrishna Janmashtami
LiberiaFlag Day
MalaysiaMelaka State Governor's Birthday
UkraineIndependence Day
PakistanBirthday of Lord Zoroaster (Khordad Sal)
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UruguayIndependence Day
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NamibiaHeroes' Day
Papua New GuineaNational Day of Repentance
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MoldovaIndependence Day
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Bosnia and HerzegovinaAssumption
GeorgiaSaint Mary's Day
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SlovakiaSlovak National Uprising anniversary
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PeruSanta Rosa de Lima
TurkeyVictory Day
KazakhstanConstitution Day
Timor LestePopular Consultation Day
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United KingdomSummer bank holiday
GibraltarLate Summer Bank Holiday
MoldovaNational Language Day
MalaysiaIndependence Day
PhilippinesNational Heroes' Day
St. HelenaAugust Bank Holiday
Trinidad & TobagoIndependence Day
KazakhstanConstitution Day (observed)
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