Public Holidays in August 2012

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August 2012 - Public Holidays

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1

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

MontserratEmancipation Day

Trinidad & TobagoEmancipation Day

St. Vincent & GrenadinesEmancipation Day

ChinaArmy Day

2

Antigua & BarbudaLast Lap

AnguillaAugust Thursday

BermudaEmancipation Day

Costa RicaOur Lady of Los Ángeles

MacedoniaDay of the Republic

ThailandAsalha Puja

PakistanRaksha Bandhan

3

AnguillaConstitution Day

BermudaSomers' Day

Republic of Equatorial GuineaArmed Forces Day

Guinea-BissauPidjiguiti Day

Republic of the NigerIndependence Day

RwandaNational Harvest Day

El SalvadorFiestas Agostinas

ThailandBuddhist Lent

4

AndorraAndorra La Vella Festival

Cook IslandsConstitution Day

GhanaFounders Day

5

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

BruneiNuzul Al-Quran

MalaysiaDay of Nuzul Al-Quran

6

AnguillaAugust Monday

AustraliaPicnic Day (NT)

BarbadosKadooment Day

BoliviaIndependence Day

Caribbean NetherlandsCarnival Monday

BahamasEmancipation Day

CanadaCivic Holiday

CanadaNew Brunswick Day (NB)

CanadaNatal Day (NS)

Cook IslandsConstitution Day (substitute day)

DominicaEmancipation Day

SpainNuestra Señora de África

United KingdomSummer bank holiday

GrenadaEmancipation Day

GhanaFounders Day (substitute day)

IrelandFirst Monday in August

IcelandCommerce Day

JamaicaIndependence Day

St. Kitts & NevisEmancipation Day

El SalvadorCelebración del Divino Salvador del Mundo

Turks & Caicos IslandsEmancipation Day

British Virgin IslandsEmancipation Monday

ZambiaFarmers' Day

7

Republic of Côte d'IvoireIndependence Day

ColombiaBattle of Boyacá

St. Kitts & NevisCulturama Day

British Virgin IslandsEmancipation Tuesday

8

GermanyAugsburg Peace Festival

TanzaniaNane Nane Day

British Virgin IslandsEmancipation Wednesday

9

SingaporeNational Day

SurinameIndigenous People's Day

South AfricaNational Women's Day

IranMartyrdom of Imam Ali

10

EcuadorDeclaration of Independence of Quito

PakistanJanmashtami

11

ChadIndependence Day

The GambiaLailat al-Qadr

12

BrazilDia de Santa Catarina (SC)

ThailandThe Queen Mother's Birthday

13

Central African RepublicIndependence Day

GrenadaCarnival Monday

Tunisiaعيد المرأة

United States of AmericaVictory Day

ZimbabweHeroes' Day

14

GrenadaCarnival Tuesday

Kingdom of MoroccoAnniversary of the Recovery Oued Ed-Dahab

St. HelenaAnniversary Day

ZimbabweDefence Forces Day

PakistanIndependence Day

15

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

Republic of Côte d'IvoireLaylat al-Qadr

GuineaLaylat al-Qadr

Republic of the NigerLaylat al-Qadr

16

Dominican RepublicRestoration Day

GabonIndependence Day

VanuatuPublic Holiday

17

CanadaGold Cup Parade Day

IndonesiaIndependence Day

United States of AmericaStatehood Day

18

PakistanNauroz

19

JordanEid al-Fitr (estimated)

KuwaitEid al-Fitr (estimated)

Saudi ArabiaEid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)

UzbekistanEid al-Fitr

PakistanEid-ul-Fitr

United Arab EmiratesEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

AlbaniaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

AzerbaijanEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

Bosnia and HerzegovinaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

People's Republic of BangladeshEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

Burkina FasoEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

BahrainEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

BurundiEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

BeninEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

BruneiEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

Cocos (Keeling) IslandsHari Raya Puasa

Central African RepublicEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

Republic of Côte d'IvoireEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

CameroonEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

Christmas IslandEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

DjiboutiEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

AlgeriaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

EgyptEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

Western SaharaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

EritreaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

SpainEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

EthiopiaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

GabonEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

GhanaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

The GambiaKorité

GuineaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

Guinea-BissauEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

IndonesiaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

IranEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

KenyaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

ComorosEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

LibyaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

Kingdom of MoroccoEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

MontenegroEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

MadagascarEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

MacedoniaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

Republic of MaliEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

MauritaniaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

MalawiEid al Fitri

MalaysiaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

Republic of the NigerEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

NigeriaId el Fitr

PhilippinesEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

RwandaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

SudanEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

SingaporeHari Raya Puasa

Sierra LeoneKorité

SenegalEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

SomaliaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

SurinameEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

ChadEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

TunisiaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

TurkeyEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

Trinidad & TobagoEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

TanzaniaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

UgandaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

KosovoEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

20

ArgentinaAnniversary of the death of General José de San Martín

CanadaSaskatchewan Day (SK)

CanadaDiscovery Day (YT)

ChileNativity of Liberator Bernardo O'Higgins

ColombiaAssumption

EstoniaDay of Restoration of Independence

HungarySaint Stephen's Day

Kingdom of MoroccoAnniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People

United States of AmericaBennington Battle Day

JordanEid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)

KuwaitEid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)

Saudi ArabiaEid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)

Timor LesteEid al-Fitr

PakistanEid-ul-Fitr Holiday

AzerbaijanEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

Cocos (Keeling) IslandsHari Raya Puasa (substitute day)

GhanaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr) (substitute day)

IndonesiaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

IranHolyday for Fetr Eeid

MacedoniaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr) (substitute day)

MalawiEid al Fitri (substitute day)

MalaysiaEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

Sierra LeoneKorité (substitute day)

SenegalEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

South SudanEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

Togolese RepublicEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

Trinidad & TobagoEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr) (substitute day)

21

Kingdom of MoroccoYouth Day

JordanEid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)

KuwaitEid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)

Saudi ArabiaEid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)

PakistanEid-ul-Fitr Holiday

AzerbaijanEnd of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr) (substitute day)

22

Saudi ArabiaEid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)

PakistanEid-ul-Fitr Holiday

23

PakistanBirthday of Lord Zoroaster (Khordad Sal)

24

People's Republic of BangladeshKrishna Janmashtami

LiberiaFlag Day

MalaysiaMelaka State Governor's Birthday

UkraineIndependence Day

25

UruguayIndependence Day

26

NamibiaHeroes' Day

Papua New GuineaNational Day of Repentance

27

United KingdomSummer bank holiday

GibraltarLate Summer Bank Holiday

MoldovaIndependence Day

NamibiaPublic Holiday

PhilippinesNational Heroes' Day

St. HelenaAugust Bank Holiday

28

Bosnia and HerzegovinaAssumption

GeorgiaSaint Mary's Day

29

SlovakiaSlovak National Uprising anniversary

30

PeruSanta Rosa de Lima

TurkeyVictory Day

KazakhstanConstitution Day

Timor LestePopular Consultation Day

31

MoldovaNational Language Day

MalaysiaIndependence Day

Trinidad & TobagoIndependence Day