Holiday Guide for Guinea-Bissau in 2025

Guinea-Bissau 2025

Guinea-Bissau
2025

Guinea-Bissau information

Population: 1.97m
Capital: Bissau
Calling Code: (245)
Time Zone: 0 UTC
Currency: West African CFA franc
Language: Portuguese

List of National Holidays in Guinea-Bissau in 2025

	Wednesday January 1st New Year's Day Guinea-Bissau: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
	Monday January 20th Long Weekend! National Heroes' Day Guinea-Bissau: Anniversary of the assassination of Amílcar Cabral on 20 January 1973
	Saturday March 8th International Women's Day Guinea-Bissau: The UN has declared March 8th to be a day to celebrate, recognise and remember women
	Monday March 31st Long Weekend! Korité Guinea-Bissau: The festival of Eid al-Fitr, the Festival of Fast breaking, marks the end of Ramadan
	Thursday May 1st Labour Day Guinea-Bissau: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
	Saturday June 7th Tabaski Guinea-Bissau: Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.
	Sunday August 3rd Pidjiguiti Day Guinea-Bissau: Anniversary of the Pindjiguiti massacre in 1959, when the Portuguese colonial police repressed a protest of Bissau-Guinean workers, causing the death of at least 50 people.
	Wednesday September 24th Independence Day Guinea-Bissau: Independence from Portugal was unilaterally declared on 24 September 1973
	Friday November 14th Long Weekend! Readjustment Movement Day Guinea-Bissau: Anniversary of the Movement of Readjustment, the coup on November 14th 1980
	Thursday December 25th Christmas Day Guinea-Bissau: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC

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