The national public holidays in Ecuador include:
Date English name Local name RemarksJanuary 1 (Fixed) New Year's Day Año Nuevo February - March (Floating)CarnivalCarnavalDate (Monday & Tuesday) varies per liturgical calendar March–April (Floating) Good Friday Viernes Santo Date varies per liturgical calendarMay 1 (Floating) Labour Day Día del Trabajo May 24 (Floating) Battle of Pichincha (1822) Batalla de Pichincha August 10 (Fixed) Declaration of Independence of Ecuador (1809) Primer Grito de Independencia October 9 (Floating) Independence of Guayaquil (1820) Independencia de Guayaquil November 2 (Fixed) All Souls' Day Día de los Difuntos, Día de Muertos November 3 (Fixed) Independence of Cuenca (1820) Independencia de Cuenca December 6 (Fixed) Foundation of Quito (1534) Fundación de Quito December 25 (Fixed) Christmas Day Día de Navidad
The anniversary of the annexation of the Galapagos Islands and Charles Darwin's birthday are also celebrated on February 12 as Galapagos Day ( or ). This is sometimes described on the mainland as Amazon and Galapagos Day or Orient Day (), as the discovery of the headwaters of the Amazon River by Francisco de Orellana in 1542 is also recorded occurring on the same day..
References Citations
https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-are-the-latin-american-countries-capitals.html#:~:text=There%20are%2033%20countries%20in,%26%20Barbuda%2C%20Dominica%2C%20St. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Public_holidays_in_Ecuador&action=edit§ion=2
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