Public holidays in Tanzania
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Background
The President of Tanzania may declare additional holidays at his or her discretion, as stated in article 3 of the Public Holidays Act,[1][2] for example, during the general election day. A recent example of this was on 4 November 2015 where President Kikwete announced a national holiday for the next day to celebrate Magufuli winning the presidential election.[6]
Karume day, Saba saba day and Nyerere day do not appear in the Public Holidays Act,[1][2] and are declared by the President. This happens however traditionally every year.[7][8][9][10]
General list
| Date | English name
(Names from the Public Holiday Act are in bold, if available) |
Swahili name[11][12] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January | New Year's Day | Mwaka mpya | |
| 12 January | Zanzibar Revolution Day | Sikukuu ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar | Zanzibar Revolution. End of the Sultanate of Zanzibar |
| 7 April | Karume Day | Siku ya Karume | Assassination of Zanzibar President Abeid Karume |
| Friday before Easter | Good Friday | Ijumaa Kuu | Crucifixion of Jesus |
| Monday after Easter | Easter Monday | Jumatatu ya Pasaka | The resurrection of Christ |
| 26 April | Union Day | Sikukuu ya Muungano | The unification of Tanganyika and the People's Republic of Zanzibar in 1964 |
| 1 May | International Workers' Day | Sikukuu ya Wafanyakazi | |
| 7 July | Saba Saba Day Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair[13] |
Saba Saba | Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair |
| 8 August | Nane Nane Day | Nane Nane | |
| 14 October | Nyerere Day | Siku ya Nyerere | Death anniversary of Julius Nyerere, the father of the nation |
| 9 December | Independence Day | Siku ya Uhuru | End of British rule in 1961 |
| 25 December | Christmas Day | Krismasi | Commemoration of the birth of Jesus |
| 26 December | Boxing Day | Siku ya kufungua Zawadi | |
| 12 Rabi' al-awwal * | Mawlid | Mawlid | Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday |
| 1 Shawwal and 2 Shawwal * | Idd-el-Fitri | Idd el Fitri | End of the holy month of Ramadan. Breaking of the Fast. 2 days. |
| 10 Dhu al-Hijja * | Idd-el-Haji | Idd el Haji | Feast of Sacrifice |
| * denotes subject to the sighting of the moon | |||
