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Year 2012| Date | Holiday | Comment | January 1
(Sunday) | New Year's Day | | January 2
(Monday) | Civil Servants holiday | | February 13
(Monday) | Public holiday | | February 14
(Tuesday) | Public holiday | | February 27
(Monday) | summer holiday (end) | | April 4
(Wednesday) | fall holiday (beginning) | | April 5
(Thursday) | Maundy Thursday | Religious - Catholic or protestant | April 6
(Friday) | Good Friday | Religious - Catholic or protestant | April 19
(Thursday) | fall holiday (end) | | April 30
(Monday) | Civil Servants holiday | | May 1
(Tuesday) | Labor Day/May Day | | June 29
(Friday) | St Peter & St Paul | Religious - Catholic or protestant | July 14
(Saturday) | winter holiday (beginning) | | July 28
(Saturday) | Independence Day | National Day | July 29
(Sunday) | Independence Day (second day) | National Day | August 6
(Monday) | winter holiday (end) | | September 14
(Friday) | mid-term holiday (beginning) | | September 24
(Monday) | mid-term holiday (end) | | October 8
(Monday) | Battle of Angamos | | October 26
(Friday) | spring holiday (beginning) | | November 1
(Thursday) | All Saints' Day | Religious - Catholic | November 2
(Friday) | Civil Servants holiday | | November 5
(Monday) | spring holiday (end) | | December 8
(Saturday) | Immaculate Conception | Religious - Catholic | December 19
(Wednesday) | summer holiday (beginning) | | December 24
(Monday) | Civil Servants holiday | | December 25
(Tuesday) | Christmas Day | Religious - Catholic or protestant | December 31
(Monday) | Civil Servants holiday | |
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