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Salta Keeps June 17 Holiday, Giving Province a Three‑Day Workweek

The provincial move closes public offices and schools and reduces urban transport, highlighting how local holiday rules can diverge from the national movable‑holiday calendar.

Overview

  • Salta’s government has kept June 17 as a provincial holiday to mark Martín Miguel de Güemes, which results in a three‑day workweek for public employees and schools and leaves private‑sector observance to employers’ discretion.
  • Local authorities say urban passenger transport will run on reduced, Sunday‑like schedules on June 17, affecting commutes and local services.
  • At the national level the Güemes holiday was moved to Monday June 15 under Argentina’s law on trasladable (movable) holidays, so most of the country already observed that day as a long weekend.
  • Saturday June 20 is the inamovible Día de la Bandera (Manuel Belgrano) and will not be shifted or generate a puente day, so there is no additional nationwide long weekend around that date.
  • Other subnational calendars will also vary: several Buenos Aires municipalities keep late‑June local observances that create their own short long weekends, and Peru will observe Monday June 29 as a national holiday for San Pedro y San Pablo, producing a three‑day weekend there.