Public holidays in Chile

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This is a list of national holidays in Chile. Most holidays in Chile are Christian holidays. In 2000, a law moved Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Columbus Day and Corpus Christi holidays to the nearest Monday, if they fell on a day other than Monday, Saturday or Sunday.

[edit] Dates for the year 2006

Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day	Año Nuevo
April 14	Good Friday	Viernes Santo
April 16	Easter	Pascua de Resurrección
May 1	Labour Day	Día del Trabajo
May 21	Navy Day	Día de las Glorias Navales	Annual speech by the President to Congress
June 15 (12)	Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi
June 29 (26)	Saint Peter and Saint Paul	San Pedro y San Pablo
August 15	Assumption of Mary	Asunción de la Virgen
September 18	Independence Day	Fiestas Patrias or "El Dieciocho"	National Holiday
September 19	Army Day	Día de las Glorias del Ejército
October 12 (9)	Columbus Day	Día del Descubrimiento de Dos Mundos	Formerly "Día de la Raza"
November 1	All Saints	Día de Todos los Santos
December 8	Immaculate Conception	Inmaculada Concepción
December 25	Christmas Day	Navidad