Littoral, Benin

Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in Littoral, Benin for 2022 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 Saturday New Year's Day
January 10th Monday Traditional Day Long weekend.
March 20th Sunday March Equinox
April 17th Sunday Easter
April 18th Monday Easter Monday Long weekend.
May 1st Sunday Labor Day
May 3rd Tuesday Festival of Breaking the Fast
May 14th Saturday Mother's Day
May 26th Thursday Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ
June 6th Monday Pentecost Monday Long weekend.
June 21st Tuesday June Solstice
July 10th Sunday Feast of the Sacrifice
August 1st Monday Independence Day Long weekend.
August 15th Monday Assumption of Mary Long weekend.
September 23rd Friday September Equinox Long weekend.
October 9th Sunday Birth of the Prophet
October 26th Wednesday Armed Forces Day
November 1st Tuesday All Saints' Day
November 30th Wednesday National Day
December 21st Wednesday December Solstice
December 24th Saturday Christmas Eve
December 25th Sunday Christmas Day
December 26th Monday Boxing Day Long weekend.
December 31st Saturday 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-LI" -d year="2022" -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-LI",
  "year": "2022",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'BJ-LI',
  year: '2022',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'BJ-LI',
  'year' => '2022',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "BJ-LI"
$Body.year = "2022"
$Result = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $Url -Body $Body
$Result.holidays
import holidayapi
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = holidayapi.v1(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'BJ-LI',
  'year': '2022',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'BJ-LI',
  'year': '2022',
})