Holidays 2011

Fixed Holidays

Date Day Commemoration Local Name
January 1st Saturday New year Año Nuevo
March 24th and 25th* Thursday and Friday Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice Día Nacional de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia
April 2nd Saturday Malvinas Day Día del Veterano y de los Caídos en la Guerra de Malvinas
April 21th Thursday Holy Thursday (optional) Jueves Santo (opcional)
April 22th Friday Good Friday Viernes Santo
May 1st Sunday Labor Day Día del Trabajador
May 25th Wednesday Anniversary of the First Independent Government in Buenos Aires Primer Gobierno Patrio
July 9th Saturday Independence Day Día de la Independencia
December 8th and 9th* Thursday and Friday Immaculate Conception Day Inmaculada Concepción de MarĂ­a
December 24th Saturday Christmas Eve (optional) Nochebuena
December 25th Sunday Christmas Navidad
December 31st Saturday New Year's Eve (optional) Fin de año

Moveable Holidays

Date Day Commemoration Local Name
March 7th and 8th Monday and Tuesday Carnival Lunes y Martes de Carnaval
June 20th Monday June 20th National Flag Day Día de la Bandera
August 17th Monday August 22th Anniversary of the death of General José de San Martín Conmemoración de la muerte del General José de San Martín
October 12th Monday October 10th Columbus Day Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural

* Turistic holiday bridge: If the date of a non-movable holiday falls on Tuesday or Thursday, an extra holiday is added on the previous Monday or the following Friday, respectively.