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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for 2020 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 Sunday International Women's Day
March 20th Friday International Francophonie Day Long weekend.
March 20th Friday March Equinox Long weekend.
April 30th Thursday Education Day
May 1st Friday Labor Day Long weekend.
May 10th Sunday Mother's Day
May 16th Saturday Liberation Day (Observed)
May 17th Sunday Liberation Day
June 20th Saturday June Solstice
June 21st Sunday Music Festival
June 30th Tuesday Independence Day
August 1st Saturday Parents' Day
September 22nd Tuesday September Equinox
September 27th Sunday World Tourism Day
November 17th Tuesday Army Day
December 21st Monday December Solstice Long weekend.
December 24th Thursday Christmas Eve
December 25th Friday Christmas Day Long weekend.
December 30th Wednesday Saint Paul's 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="CD" -d year="2020" -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",
  "year": "2020",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'CD',
  year: '2020',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'CD',
  'year' => '2020',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "CD"
$Body.year = "2020"
$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': 'CD',
  'year': '2020',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'CD',
  'year': '2020',
})