Al Jīzah, Egypt

Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in Al Jīzah, Egypt for 2022 ready to be integrated into your application.

Egypt is officially known as the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the southwest corner of Asia. Egypt has one of the longest histoires and can be traced back to 6th-4th millennia BCE. Ancient Egypt is considered a cradle of civilisation, with many early developments such as: writing, agriculture, urbanization, organized religion, and a central government. Surviving invasions from the Greek, Persian, Roman, Arab, Ottoman, Turkish and Nubian cultures, Egypt has a rich cultural heritage. Egypt was recognized as a country in 3150 BC. As a center of Christianity, Egypt was later Islamised in the 7th century, and is currently a predominantly Muslim country. Between the 16th century and 20th century, Egypt was ruled by the Ottoman Empire and the British Empire. In 1922, Egypt established a monarchy, gained independence from the British Empire, although the British military continued to occupy the land. Later in 1952, a revolution took place and British occupation ended, the monarchy was overthrown and Egypt declared itself as a republic. The official religion is Islam, and Arabic is the official language. A large region of the Sahara desert lies west of the Nile River in Egypt.

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Date Weekday Name Notes
January 1st Saturday New Year's Day
January 6th Thursday Orthodox Christmas Eve Long weekend.
January 7th Friday Orthodox Christmas Day
January 25th Tuesday Revolution Day 2011
January 25th Tuesday National Police Day
March 20th Sunday March Equinox Long weekend.
April 24th Sunday Orthodox Easter Long weekend.
April 25th Monday Sinai Liberation Day
April 25th Monday Spring Festival
April 30th Saturday Festival of Breaking the Fast Holiday
May 1st Sunday Labor Day Long weekend.
May 2nd Monday Festival of Breaking the Fast
May 3rd Tuesday Second Day of the Festival of Breaking the Fast
May 4th Wednesday Third Day of the Festival of Breaking the Fast
May 5th Thursday Fourth Day of the Festival of Breaking the Fast Long weekend.
June 21st Tuesday June Solstice
June 30th Thursday 30 June Day Long weekend.
July 8th Friday Arafat Day
July 9th Saturday Feast of the Sacrifice
July 10th Sunday Second Day of the Feast of the Sacrifice Long weekend.
July 11th Monday Third Day of the Feast of the Sacrifice
July 12th Tuesday Fourth Day of the Feast of the Sacrifice
July 23rd Saturday Revolution Day
July 30th Saturday Islamic New Year's Day
September 23rd Friday September Equinox
October 6th Thursday Armed Forces Day Long weekend.
October 8th Saturday Birth of the Prophet
December 21st Wednesday December Solstice
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="EG-GZ" -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": "EG-GZ",
  "year": "2022",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'EG-GZ',
  year: '2022',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'EG-GZ',
  'year' => '2022',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "EG-GZ"
$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': 'EG-GZ',
  'year': '2022',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'EG-GZ',
  'year': '2022',
})