Upper East, Ghana

Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in Upper East, Ghana for 2025 ready to be integrated into your application.

In the Soninke language, Ghana means “Warrior King.” Located in Western Africa, Ghana dates back to the 11th century, and was home to numerous kingdoms and empires. In the 15th century, many different European powers wanted to claim this coastal country for trade rights. Finally in the 1800’s Ghana was claimed by the British and named the British Gold Coast. On March 6, 1957, Ghana declared independence from the United Kingdom and was founded as the Republic of Ghana.

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Date Weekday Name Notes
January 1st Wednesday New Year's Day
January 7th Tuesday Constitution Day
March 6th Thursday Independence Day
March 20th Thursday March Equinox
March 31st Monday Festival of Breaking the Fast Long weekend.
April 18th Friday Good Friday Long weekend.
April 19th Saturday Holy Saturday
April 20th Sunday Easter
April 21st Monday Easter Monday Long weekend.
May 1st Thursday Labor Day
May 11th Sunday Mother's Day
May 25th Sunday African Union Day
June 7th Saturday Feast of the Sacrifice
June 15th Sunday Father's Day
June 21st Saturday June Solstice
August 4th Monday Founder's Day Long weekend.
September 21st Sunday Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day
September 22nd Monday Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day (Observed) Long weekend.
September 22nd Monday September Equinox Long weekend.
December 5th Friday National Farmers' Day Long weekend.
December 21st Sunday December Solstice
December 24th Wednesday Christmas Eve
December 25th Thursday Christmas Day
December 26th Friday Boxing Day Long weekend.
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="GH-UE" -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": "GH-UE",
  "year": "2025",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'GH-UE',
  year: '2025',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'GH-UE',
  'year' => '2025',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "GH-UE"
$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': 'GH-UE',
  'year': '2025',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'GH-UE',
  'year': '2025',
})