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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Eritrea

The list of Eritrea bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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14 May 2004 (Shabait-Asmara) Eritrea's National Election Commission announced that the date of election day for the third regional assembly on Wednesday, May 19, 2004, would be a one-off public holiday throughout Eritrea. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Eritrea public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in Eritrea are regulated by the Labour Proclamation of Eritrea (No. 118 of 2001). • There are 4 major public holidays which are celebrated by all Eritreans. • Fenkil Day, February 10th, commemorates the resistance operation of 1990 to liberate the port city of Massawa. • Independence Day or Liberation Day, May 24th. • Martyrs' Day, June 20th, is usually celebrated by planting trees in public gardens, and is basically a remembrance day for those who fell in the struggle for independence. • Revolution Day, September 1st, honors the day in 1961 when Eritrea began its armed struggle to secede from Ethiopia (this public holiday is often confused, in other online sources, with the September 12 Revolution Day in Ethiopia, which celebrated the 1974 overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie). • In addition, there are celebrations which differ from one tribe or religious group to another. What is most at question is who takes which public holidays, rather than when the public holidays occur. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Eritrea, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Eritrea that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Eritrea were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays, see Muslim Calendar Holidays. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Eritrea, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Eritrea, before planning any trip to Eritrea. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.