Borgou, Benin

Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in Borgou, Benin for 2024 ready to be integrated into your application.

Known to be the birthplace of vodun (voodoo) is the West African country of Dahomey, now called Benin. This region of Africa was referred to as the Slave Coast during the 17th century, as many African’s were enslaved and shipped to the New World via the Eurpoean slave trade. This farming country produces and exports cotton and palm oil. Benin became a country on August 1, 1960 and was named the Republic of Benin in 1991.

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Date Weekday Name Notes
January 1st Monday New Year's Day Long weekend.
January 10th Wednesday Traditional Day
March 20th Wednesday March Equinox
March 31st Sunday Easter
April 1st Monday Easter Monday Long weekend.
April 10th Wednesday Festival of Breaking the Fast
May 1st Wednesday Labor Day
May 9th Thursday Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ
May 14th Tuesday Mother's Day
May 20th Monday Pentecost Monday Long weekend.
June 17th Monday Feast of the Sacrifice Long weekend.
June 20th Thursday June Solstice
August 1st Thursday Independence Day
August 15th Thursday Assumption of Mary
September 15th Sunday Birth of the Prophet
September 22nd Sunday September Equinox
October 26th Saturday Armed Forces Day
November 1st Friday All Saints' Day Long weekend.
November 30th Saturday National Day
December 21st Saturday December Solstice
December 24th Tuesday Christmas Eve
December 25th Wednesday Christmas Day
December 26th Thursday Boxing Day
December 31st Tuesday New Year's Eve
Public holidays (national, legal, government, civic, etc) are denoted in bold.
Holiday data for far-reaching years is subject to change due to laws and government decrees.
Long weekends are based on non-working days and not Saturday and Sunday explicitly.

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To retrieve this list of holidays, simply make a GET request to /v1/holidays:
GET /v1/holidays
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$ curl -G -d country="BJ-BO" -d year="2024" -d pretty
-d key="__YOUR_API_KEY__"
"https://holidayapi.com/v1/holidays"
import "github.com/joshtronic/go-holidayapi"
hapi := holidayapi.NewV1("__YOUR_API_KEY__")
holidays, err := hapi.Holidays(map[string]interface{}{
  "country": "BJ-BO",
  "year": "2024",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'BJ-BO',
  year: '2024',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'BJ-BO',
  'year' => '2024',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "BJ-BO"
$Body.year = "2024"
$Result = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $Url -Body $Body
$Result.holidays
import holidayapi
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = holidayapi.v1(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'BJ-BO',
  'year': '2024',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'BJ-BO',
  'year': '2024',
})