Équateur, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in Équateur, Democratic Republic of the Congo for 2025 ready to be integrated into your application.

Congo was founded on November 17, 1879. The Congo, also known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, (the DR Congo) is a Central African country. From 1971-1997, the Congo was called Zaire. The territory of the Congo dates back to around 90,000 years ago, where Central African foragers roamed the land. Located in the Congo Basin, mountain gorillas, elephants and lions make the Congo their home.

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Date Weekday Name Notes
January 1st Wednesday New Year's Day
January 4th Saturday Martyrs' Day
January 16th Thursday Anniversary of President Laurent Kabila’s Assassination
January 17th Friday Anniversary of Prime Minister Patrice Emery Lumumba’s Assassination Long weekend.
February 14th Friday Valentine's Day Long weekend.
March 8th Saturday International Women's Day
March 20th Thursday International Francophonie Day
March 20th Thursday March Equinox
April 30th Wednesday Education Day
May 1st Thursday Labor Day
May 11th Sunday Mother's Day
May 17th Saturday Liberation Day
June 21st Saturday Music Festival
June 21st Saturday June Solstice
June 30th Monday Independence Day Long weekend.
August 1st Friday Parents' Day Long weekend.
September 22nd Monday September Equinox Long weekend.
September 27th Saturday World Tourism Day
November 17th Monday Army Day Long weekend.
December 21st Sunday December Solstice
December 24th Wednesday Christmas Eve
December 25th Thursday Christmas Day
December 30th Tuesday Saint Paul's Day
December 31st Wednesday 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="CD-EQ" -d year="2025" -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": "CD-EQ",
  "year": "2025",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'CD-EQ',
  year: '2025',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'CD-EQ',
  'year' => '2025',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "CD-EQ"
$Body.year = "2025"
$Result = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $Url -Body $Body
$Result.holidays
import holidayapi
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = holidayapi.v1(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'CD-EQ',
  'year': '2025',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'CD-EQ',
  'year': '2025',
})