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Couffo, Benin

Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in Couffo, Benin for 2026 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 Thursday New Year's Day
January 10th Saturday Traditional Day
March 20th Friday Festival of Breaking the Fast Long weekend.
March 20th Friday March Equinox Long weekend.
April 5th Sunday Easter
April 6th Monday Easter Monday Long weekend.
May 1st Friday Labor Day Long weekend.
May 14th Thursday Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ
May 14th Thursday Mother's Day
May 25th Monday Pentecost Monday Long weekend.
May 28th Thursday Feast of the Sacrifice
June 21st Sunday June Solstice
August 1st Saturday Independence Day
August 15th Saturday Assumption of Mary
August 25th Tuesday Birth of the Prophet
September 23rd Wednesday September Equinox
October 26th Monday Armed Forces Day Long weekend.
November 1st Sunday All Saints' Day
November 30th Monday National Day Long weekend.
December 21st Monday December Solstice Long weekend.
December 24th Thursday Christmas Eve
December 25th Friday Christmas Day Long weekend.
December 26th Saturday Boxing Day
December 31st Thursday 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-KO" -d year="2026" -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-KO",
  "year": "2026",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'BJ-KO',
  year: '2026',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'BJ-KO',
  'year' => '2026',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "BJ-KO"
$Body.year = "2026"
$Url = "https://holidayapi.com/v1/holidays"
$Result = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $Url -Body $Body
$Result.holidays
import holidayapi
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = holidayapi.v1(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'BJ-KO',
  'year': '2026',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'BJ-KO',
  'year': '2026',
})