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Gambia Public Holidays

Below are listed Public Holidays for the January 2011-December 2012 period.

Public holiday note: 

Muslim festivals are timed according to local sightings of various phases of the moon and the dates given above are approximations. During the lunar month of Ramadan that precedes Koriteh, Muslims fast during the day and feast at night and normal business patterns may be interrupted in a few instances.

2012

January
01
New Year's Day
February
04
Milad al-Nabi (Birth of the Prophet)
February
18
Independence Day
April
06
Good Friday
April
09
Easter Monday
May
01
Labour Day
July
22
Revolution Day
August
15
Assumption
August
19
Koriteh (End of Ramadan)
October
26
Tabaski (Feast of the Sacrifice)
December
25
Christmas

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