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Carnival holidays

Montevideo’s municipal government identifies 16 and 17 February 2026 as Carnival holidays

Date / rule16–17 February 2026
ScopeUruguay
VerificationPublic Authority Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-07
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Carnival holidays?

Montevideo’s municipal government identifies 16 and 17 February 2026 as Carnival holidays

Date and recurrence

16–17 February 2026

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Uruguay. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

Uruguay Carnival

Classification

Topic and context

Arts, Entertainment & Lifestyle →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
Provenance

Sources

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  1. Montevideo — Carnival holidays 2026Municipal Holiday Notice
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Carnival holidays?

16–17 February 2026 The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: 16–17 February 2026.

Does Carnival holidays fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is Carnival holidays an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Uruguay. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Carnival holidays?

The stored designation basis is: Montevideo’s municipal government identifies 16 and 17 February 2026 as Carnival holidays. Supporting provenance includes Montevideo — Carnival holidays 2026. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Carnival holidays international or country-specific?

This authority record is country-scoped to Uruguay. Its fuller verified scope is: Uruguay.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-07.

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