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This is a list of '''[[Public holiday|holiday]]s in [[Uganda]]'''.<ref>[http://www.journeymart.com/tools/world-holidays/uganda.aspx List]</ref>
There are approximately fourteen nationally recognized public holidays in '''[[Uganda]]'''.<ref>[http://www.journeymart.com/tools/world-holidays/uganda.aspx List]</ref>


== Main Holidays ==
== Main Holidays ==
{| class="wikitable"
*January 1: New Year's Day
|-
* January 26: [[National_Resistance_Movement|NRM]] Liberation Day
! Date !! Name !! Description
* February 16: [[Archbishop Janani Luwum Day]]
|-
* Date variable: Good Friday
|1 January || [[New Year's Day]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Uganda Public Holidays 2020 |url=https://publicholidays.ug/2020-dates/ |website=PublicHolidays.ug |access-date=August 23, 2020}}</ref>
* Date variable: Easter Monday
|<br>
* March 8: Women's Day
|-
* May 1: Labour Day
|26 January || NRM [[Liberation Day]] ||Fireworks, military parades and sporting events to celebrate the 1986 overthrow of the then sitting government.<ref>{{cite web |title=NRM Liberation Day 2021, 2022 and 2023 |url=https://publicholidays.ug/nrm-liberation-day/ |website=PublicHolidays.ug |access-date=August 23, 2020}}</ref>
* June 3: Martyr's Day
|-
* June 9: National Heroes Day
|16 February || [[Archbishop Janani Luwum Day]] ||
* [http://www.when-is.com/eid-al-fitr.asp Date variable]: [[Eid al-Fitr]] (End of Ramadan)
|-
* October 9: [[Independence Day (Uganda)|Independence Day]]
|8 March || [[International Women's Day|Women's Day]] ||
* [http://www.when-is.com/eid-al-adha.asp Date variable]: [[Eid al-Adha]] (Feast of the Sacrifice)
|-
* December 25: Christmas Day
* December 26: Boxing Day
|1 May || [[Labour Day]] ||
|-

|3 June || [[Uganda Martyrs|Uganda Martyrs' Day]] ||Honors 45 Christians who were martyred between 1885 and 1887.
== Other Holidays == poopy butt
|-
|9 June || [[National Heroes' Day]] ||Begun in 2001, this holiday honours people who fought on both sides of the [[Ugandan Bush War]]. The date recalls the assassination of [[Eddidian Babumba Mukiibi Luttamaguzi]].<ref>{{cite web |title=National Heroes Day 2021, 2022 and 2023 |url=https://publicholidays.ug/national-heroes-day/ |website=PublicHolidays.ug |access-date=August 23, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|9 October || [[Independence Day (Uganda)|Independence Day]] ||From the United Kingdom, 1962
|-
|25 December || [[Christmas Day]] ||
|-
|26 December || [[Boxing Day]] ||
|-
|Friday of [[Holy Week]]<br>March or April ||[[Good Friday]] ||[[Crucifixion of Jesus]]
|-
|Monday after [[Easter]]<br>March or April ||[[Easter Monday]] ||Christian Feast of the Resurrection
|-
|1 [[Shawwal]] ||[[Eid al-Fitr]] ||Muslim End of Ramadan
|-
|10 [[Dhu al-Hijjah]] ||[[Eid al-Adha]] ||Muslim Feast of Sacrifice
|}


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 12:33, 8 September 2024

There are approximately fourteen nationally recognized public holidays in Uganda.[1]

Main Holidays

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Date Name Description
1 January New Year's Day[2]
26 January NRM Liberation Day Fireworks, military parades and sporting events to celebrate the 1986 overthrow of the then sitting government.[3]
16 February Archbishop Janani Luwum Day
8 March Women's Day
1 May Labour Day
3 June Uganda Martyrs' Day Honors 45 Christians who were martyred between 1885 and 1887.
9 June National Heroes' Day Begun in 2001, this holiday honours people who fought on both sides of the Ugandan Bush War. The date recalls the assassination of Eddidian Babumba Mukiibi Luttamaguzi.[4]
9 October Independence Day From the United Kingdom, 1962
25 December Christmas Day
26 December Boxing Day
Friday of Holy Week
March or April
Good Friday Crucifixion of Jesus
Monday after Easter
March or April
Easter Monday Christian Feast of the Resurrection
1 Shawwal Eid al-Fitr Muslim End of Ramadan
10 Dhu al-Hijjah Eid al-Adha Muslim Feast of Sacrifice

References

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  1. ^ List
  2. ^ "Uganda Public Holidays 2020". PublicHolidays.ug. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  3. ^ "NRM Liberation Day 2021, 2022 and 2023". PublicHolidays.ug. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  4. ^ "National Heroes Day 2021, 2022 and 2023". PublicHolidays.ug. Retrieved August 23, 2020.