Public holidays in Uruguay

The following are public holidays in Uruguay.^[1]

Date	English name	Spanish name	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day	Año Nuevo
January 6	Children's Day	Día de los Niños	In place of Epiphany (Día de Reyes).
moveable in late February or early March	Carnival	Carnaval
moveable in late March or early April	Tourism Week	Semana de Turismo	In place of Christian Holy Week (Semana Santa).
April 19	Landing of the 33 Patriots Day	Desembarco de los 33 Orientales
May 1	Labour Day	Día de los Trabajadores
May 18	Battle of Las Piedras	Batalla de las Piedras
June 19	Birthday of José Gervasio Artigas	Natalicio de Artigas
July 18	Constitution Day	Jura de la Constitución	To commemorate the promulgation of the First Constitution of Uruguay in 1830.
August 25	Independence Day	Declaratoria de la Independencia	From the Empire of Brazil in 1825.
October 12	Columbus Day	Día de la Raza
November 2	All Souls' Day	Día de los Difuntos	In place of All Souls' Day
December 25	Family Day	Día de la Familia	In place of Christmas Day (Navidad).

Only 11 of these holidays imply a mandatory paid leave for workers. The remaining holidays are generally observed by schools, public sector offices, banks, and a few private companies.

Moveable holidays

According to Uruguayan Law 16,805 with modifications of Law 17,414, the holidays declared by law, subject to the commemoration of them, follow the following scheme (whose commemoration as “moveable holidays”):^[2][3]

• If coincide on Saturday, Sunday or Monday will be observed in those days.
• If occur on Tuesday or Wednesday, will be observed on Monday immediately preceding.
• If occur on Thursday or Friday shall be observed on the Monday immediately following

This will not occur with Carnival and Tourism Week, and corresponding to January 1 and 6, May 1, June 19, July 18, August 25, November 2 and December 25, which will continue watching on the day of the week that may occur, whatever the same.

References

1. "Information from Uruguay.com, in Spanish". Archived from the original on 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
2. "Law 16.805: Holidays. Establishing a system for their application" (in Spanish). Parliament of Uruguay. December 31, 1996. Archived from the original on August 28, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
3. "Law 17.414: Replacing article 2 of the Law 16.805, arranging that holidays which are determined, among them 'June 19' and 'November 2', will continue to observe on the day of the week in that may occur, no matter what would be" (in Spanish). Parliament of Uruguay. November 14, 2001. Archived from the original on June 26, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2015.

External links

• Media related to National holidays of Uruguay at Wikimedia Commons