Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in Haiti for 2020 ready to be integrated into your application.
The Caribbean country of Haiti is located on the western side of the island of Hispaniola. When Christopher Columbus discovered this island in late 1492, he thought he had found India or China. The island was named Hispaniola. On January 1, 1804, the Republic of Haiti gained independence from Spain and was established as a country. It was the first independent nation of the Caribbean and Latin America.
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Date | Weekday | Name | Notes |
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January 1st | Wednesday | New Year's Day | |
January 1st | Wednesday | Independence Day | |
January 2nd | Thursday | Ancestry Day | |
January 6th | Monday | Epiphany | Long weekend. |
February 25th | Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday | |
February 26th | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday | |
March 3rd | Tuesday | World Wildlife Day | |
March 20th | Friday | March Equinox | |
April 9th | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | |
April 10th | Friday | Good Friday | Long weekend. |
April 12th | Sunday | Easter | |
May 1st | Friday | Labor and Agriculture Day | Long weekend. |
May 18th | Monday | Flag and Universities Day | Long weekend. |
May 21st | Thursday | Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ | |
May 31st | Sunday | Mother's Day | |
June 11th | Thursday | Feast of Corpus Christi | |
June 20th | Saturday | June Solstice | |
June 28th | Sunday | Father's Day | |
June 30th | Tuesday | International Asteroid Day | |
July 18th | Saturday | Nelson Mandela International Day | |
August 15th | Saturday | Assumption of Mary | |
September 22nd | Tuesday | September Equinox | |
October 17th | Saturday | Dessalines Day | |
November 1st | Sunday | All Saints' Day | |
November 2nd | Monday | All Souls' Day | Long weekend. |
November 18th | Wednesday | Battle of Vertières Day | |
December 5th | Saturday | Discovery Day | |
December 21st | Monday | December Solstice | |
December 24th | Thursday | Christmas Eve | |
December 25th | Friday | Christmas Day | Long weekend. |
December 31st | Thursday | New Year's Eve |