National Holidays in Iraq in 2016

Iraq 2016

Iraq
2016

List of Holidays in Iraq in 2016

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Type	Comments
Friday	Jan 01	New Year's Day	National Holiday
Wednesday	Jan 06	Army Day	Regional Holiday	Except Kurdistan
Monday	Mar 21	Eid Norooz	National Holiday	Spring Day
Sunday	May 01	Labour Day	National Holiday	International Workers' Day
Thursday	Jul 07	Eid Al Fitr	National Holiday	End of Ramadan
Friday	Jul 08	Eid Al Fitr Holiday	National Holiday
Saturday	Jul 09	Eid Al Fitr Holiday	National Holiday
Thursday	Jul 14	Republic Day	National Holiday
Wednesday	Jul 20	Public Holiday	Government Holiday	Government only. Due to heatwave
Thursday	Jul 21	Public Holiday	Government Holiday	Government only. Due to heatwave
Sunday	Sep 11	Eid Al-Adha	National Holiday	Feast of the Sacrifice
Monday	Sep 12	Eid Al-Adha Holiday	National Holiday
Tuesday	Sep 13	Eid Al-Adha Holiday	National Holiday
Wednesday	Sep 14	Eid Al-Adha Holiday	National Holiday
Sunday	Oct 02	Islamic New Year	National Holiday	Hijri New Year
Monday	Oct 03	Independence Day	National Holiday	National Day
Tuesday	Oct 11	Ashura	National Holiday	10th day of Muharram
Monday	Dec 12	Mawlid al-Nabi	National Holiday	Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
Sunday	Dec 25	Christmas	Not A Public Holiday	Christian only

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The weekend is observed on a Friday and Saturday

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