Public Holidays in Uruguay in 2019

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Day	Date	Holiday	Comments
Tuesday	January 01	New Year's Day	Año Nuevo
Sunday	January 06	Children's Day	Epiphany. Banks and Government only
Monday	March 04	Carnival	Carnaval
Tuesday	March 05	Carnival	Carnaval
Monday	April 15	Bank Holiday	Semana de Turismo. Banks and Government only
Tuesday	April 16	Bank Holiday	Semana de Turismo. Banks and Government only
Wednesday	April 17	Bank Holiday	Semana de Turismo. Banks and Government only
Thursday	April 18	Maundy Thursday	Semana de Turismo
Friday	April 19	Good Friday	Semana de Turismo
Friday	April 19	Landing of the 33 Patriots Day	Desembarco de los 33 Orientales
Wednesday	May 01	Labour Day	Día de los Trabajadores
Saturday	May 18	Battle of Las Piedras	Batalla de las Piedras. Banks and Government only
Wednesday	June 19	Artigas' Birthday	Never Again Day
Thursday	July 18	Constitution Day	Marks the promulgation of the First Constitution of Uruguay in 1830
Sunday	August 25	Independence day	Independence from the Empire of Brazil in 1825
Saturday	October 12	Day of the Races	Battale of Sarandi day
Saturday	November 02	All Souls' Day	Día de los Muertos. Banks and Government only
Wednesday	December 25	Day of the Family	Christmas

National Holiday

Government/Public Sector

Even though the same dates for several Christian holidays are observed, Uruguay has observed a secular holiday calendar since 1919

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