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Cape Verde : public and bank holidays, closure of banks, stock exchanges, school vacations
| Date | Name | Kind | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday January 1, 2022 | New Year's Day | Secular holiday |  |
| Monday January 3, 2022 | Public holiday | Secular holiday | |
| Thursday January 6, 2022 | Winter holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Thursday January 13, 2022 | Democracy Day | Secular holiday | |
| Thursday January 20, 2022 | Heroes Day | Secular holiday | |
| Monday February 14, 2022 | Valentine's Day | cards/flowers | |
| Friday February 25, 2022 | Carnival holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Tuesday March 1, 2022 | Civil Servants holiday | Secular holiday | |
| Wednesday March 2, 2022 | Civil Servants holiday | Secular holiday | |
| Thursday March 3, 2022 | Carnival holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Saturday March 26, 2022 | Easter holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday April 4, 2022 | Easter holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Friday April 15, 2022 | Good Friday | Banks only | |
| Sunday May 1, 2022 | Labor Day/May Day | Secular holiday | |
| Thursday May 19, 2022 | Praia Day (Praia only) | Secular holiday | |
| Wednesday June 1, 2022 | Youth Day | Secular holiday | |
| Tuesday July 5, 2022 | Independence Day | National Day | |
| Friday July 15, 2022 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
New Year's Day
-Saturday January 1, 2022
Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Public holiday
-Monday January 3, 2022
Secular holiday :
Winter holiday (end)
-Thursday January 6, 2022
School holidays : Www.minedu.gov.cv
calendar issued by the Ministry of Education
Languages: Cape Verdean Creole, Portuguese
Schooling is mandatory till age 14
schools may open on Saturday
school uniforms not required
Dates confirmed till Aug 2022
Please note that authorities may take last-minute decisions; please double-check if this information is vital to you
Make a Paypal donation of euros 10 to [email protected] to purchase the full calendar for Cape Verde schools
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calendar issued by the Ministry of Education
Languages: Cape Verdean Creole, Portuguese
Schooling is mandatory till age 14
schools may open on Saturday
school uniforms not required
Dates confirmed till Aug 2022
Please note that authorities may take last-minute decisions; please double-check if this information is vital to you
Make a Paypal donation of euros 10 to [email protected] to purchase the full calendar for Cape Verde schools
Contact [email protected] to purchase a file containing confirmed calendars of 550 countries and regions.
Democracy Day
-Thursday January 13, 2022
Secular holiday : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Heroes Day
-Thursday January 20, 2022
Secular holiday : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Valentine's Day
-Monday February 14, 2022
cards/flowers : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February
Carnival holiday (beginning)
-Friday February 25, 2022
School holidays :
Civil Servants holiday
-Tuesday March 1, 2022
Secular holiday : Carnival Tuesday except in São Vicente
Civil Servants holiday
-Wednesday March 2, 2022
Secular holiday :
Carnival holiday (end)
-Thursday March 3, 2022
School holidays :
Easter holiday (beginning)
-Saturday March 26, 2022
School holidays :
Easter holiday (end)
-Monday April 4, 2022
School holidays :
Good Friday
-Friday April 15, 2022
Banks only :
Labor Day/May Day
-Sunday May 1, 2022
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
Praia Day (Praia only)
-Thursday May 19, 2022
Secular holiday :
Youth Day
-Wednesday June 1, 2022
Secular holiday : Originated in the World Conference for the Wellbeing of Children in Geneva, Switzerland in 1925
Independence Day
-Tuesday July 5, 2022
Secular holiday : Granted by Portugal in 1975
Summer holiday (beginning)
-Friday July 15, 2022
School holidays : Two weeks earlier for 12th grade
two weeks later for 9th to 11th grade
