Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in Ethiopia for 2020 ready to be integrated into your application.
Located in the northeast part of Africa, known as the horn of Africa, Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and was founded in 900 BC. Some of the oldest skeletal remains of modern man, were found in this country. For most of its history, Ethiopia was governed by a monarchical system, beginning with the Solomonic dynasty of the Queen of Sheba under king Menelik I. In the 20th century, Ethiopia was the first independent member from Africa represented at the League of Nations and the United Nations. In 1974, the Ethiopian monarchy was overthrown by the Derg, a communist military government, which was then overthrown in 1991 bt the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front. With nearly 80 ethnolinguistic groups, Ethiopia is a multilingual nation, that still uses the ancient Ge’ez script, one of the oldest alphabets in the world. Ethiopia is also listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list with the most sites in Africa. Ethiopia’s principle calendar called the Ethiopian calendar, is approximately seven years and 3 months behind the Gregorian calendar.
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Date | Weekday | Name | Notes |
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January 1st | Wednesday | New Year's Day | |
January 6th | Monday | Orthodox Christmas Eve | |
January 7th | Tuesday | Orthodox Christmas Day | |
January 19th | Sunday | Orthodox Epiphany | |
March 2nd | Monday | Victory at Adwa Day | Long weekend. |
March 3rd | Tuesday | World Wildlife Day | |
March 20th | Friday | March Equinox | |
April 17th | Friday | Orthodox Good Friday | Long weekend. |
April 19th | Sunday | Orthodox Easter | |
April 23rd | Thursday | First Day of Ramadan | |
May 1st | Friday | International Workers' Day | Long weekend. |
May 5th | Tuesday | Ethiopian Patriots Victory Day | |
May 10th | Sunday | Mother's Day | |
May 23rd | Saturday | Festival of Breaking the Fast | |
May 28th | Thursday | Derg Downfall Day | |
June 20th | Saturday | June Solstice | |
June 21st | Sunday | Father's Day | |
June 30th | Tuesday | International Asteroid Day | |
July 18th | Saturday | Nelson Mandela International Day | |
July 30th | Thursday | Feast of the Sacrifice | |
August 19th | Wednesday | Islamic New Year's Day | |
September 10th | Thursday | Ethiopian New Year's Eve | |
September 11th | Friday | Ethiopian New Year's Day | Long weekend. |
September 22nd | Tuesday | September Equinox | |
September 27th | Sunday | Finding of the True Cross | |
October 28th | Wednesday | Birth of the Prophet | |
December 21st | Monday | December Solstice | |
December 31st | Thursday | New Year's Eve |