Public holidays in Angola

Angola has twelve public holidays that can be increased by bridge holidays if a holiday falls on a Tuesday or Thursday. 2022 has fifteen national holidays.^[1]

Date	English Name	Angolan Name	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day	Dia de Ano Novo
February 4	Day of the Beginning of the National Liberation Armed Struggle[a]	Dia do Início da Luta Armada de Libertação Nacional	Celebrates the beginning in 1961 of the Angolan War of Independence
Thursday to Tuesday before Lent February or March	Carnival	Carnaval
March 8	International Women's Day	Dia Internacional da Mulher
March 23	Day of Southern Africa Liberation	Dia da Libertação da África Austral	Celebrates the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale
Friday of Holy Week March or April	Good Friday	Sexta Feira Santa	Crucifixion of Jesus
April 4	Peace Day	Dia da Paz	Celebrates the end of the Angolan Civil War
May 1	Labour Day	Dia do Trabalhador
September 17	National Heroes Day	Dia do Fundador da Nação e do Herói Nacional	Birthday of Agostinho Neto, first president[3]
November 2	All Souls Day	Dia de Finados
November 11	Independence Day	Dia da Independência	From Portugal, 1975
December 25	Christmas Day	Dia de Natal	Birth of Jesus

Notes

1. This name is a full translation of the holiday's Portuguese name. Other English names for this day include Liberation Movement Day,^[2] Day of the Armed Struggle, Beginning the Armed Struggle Day and simply Liberation Day.

References

1. "Angola national holidays in 2022". wproconnect.com. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
2. "National Holidays" at the Embassy of Angola in the United States of America website. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
3. "National Heroes' Day in Angola / September 17, 2020". AnydayGuide. Retrieved August 23, 2020.