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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Saint Helena

The list of Saint Helena 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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11 May 2006 (Tristan Times) Due to bad weather, Saint Helena's dependency of Tristan da Cunha's Ratting Day Public Holiday was postponed from its scheduled date of May 11, 2006, to Friday, May 12. • 09 Feb 2006 (Tristan Times) The exact date of the discovery of Saint Helena's dependency of Tristan da Cunha, is not known, thus the date of February 9, 1506, was taken as an appropriate reference date for today's commemorative public holiday which is part of Tristan da Cunha's currently running quincentennial celebrations. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Saint Helena public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Dependencies: St. Helena includes 2 ependencies; Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha, which follow most of Saint Helena's public holidays, but also have some of their own (particularly Tristan da Cunha). • Ratting Day: is an important public holiday on the island of Tristan da Cunha, whose date fluctuates between mid-May and mid-June. • 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 Saint Helena, 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.

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 Saint Helena, 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 Saint Helena, before planning any trip to Saint Helena. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.