Current Date And Time In Nouakchott South, Mauritania
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
11:57:44 GMT
Planning business schedules or travel in Nouakchott South, Mauritania? Here is the complete public holiday reference for Nouakchott South, detailing official statutory observances and bank non-working days.
Public administration, schools, and financial institutions in Nouakchott South observe these official holiday dates to mark statutory national and regional occasions. In Nouakchott South, statutory fixed-date public holidays (including Fête de l'Indépendance on November 28) mandate official non-working status for banks and government departments.
This is Mauritania's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Mauritania's country-level holiday page — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply uniformly across Nouakchott South and the rest of Mauritania, not a separate Nouakchott South-specific calendar.
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These are Mauritania's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Mauritania's country holiday page — mandated by national labor law and applicable across every state and city in Mauritania, including Nouakchott South. These non-working days apply to government administrative offices, commercial banking institutions, and schools statewide.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fête de l'Indépendance | November 28 | National Holiday | Full National Closure | www.primature.gov.mr |
Public offices, banks and schools throughout Nouakchott South close on the same fixed-date statutory holidays observed nationwide, since public holidays in Mauritania are a matter of national labor law rather than state-by-state decree.
If a statutory holiday lands on a Saturday or Sunday in Nouakchott South, the following Monday is commonly declared a substitute non-working day by official gazette — check the live calendar above for the specific year-by-year date.
As Nouakchott South's capital, Arafat observes the identical statutory calendar — there's no separate capital-city holiday list distinct from the rest of Nouakchott South.