- Public holidays in Benin
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- This is a list of holidays in Benin
Date English Name January 1 New Year's Day January 10 Traditional Day May 1 Labor Day May 25 Ascension June 5 Whit Monday August 1 Independence Day August 15 Assumption October 26 Armed Forces Day November 1 All Saints' Day November 30 National Day December 25 Christmas Day Movable holidays
The following holidays are public holidays but the date on which each occurs varies, according to its corresponding calendar, and thus has no set date. In order in which they occur:
English Name Local Name Description Eid ul-Adha Tabaski Feast of Sacrifice Prophet's Birthday Celebrates Muhammad's birthday Easter Easter Monday The Monday following Easter Eid ul-Fitr Celebrates end of Ramadan Public holidays in Africa Sovereign
states- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
- Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
States with limited
recognition- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Somaliland
Dependencies and
other territories- Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain)
- Madeira (Portugal)
- Mayotte / Réunion (France)
- Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)
- Western Sahara
Categories:- Benin stubs
- Beninese culture
- Beninese society
- Public holidays by country
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