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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Côte d'Ivoire

The list of Côte d'Ivoire bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2009, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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09 Oct 2007 (Copp Clark) In a last-minute communiqué, the governement of the Ivory Coast has declared today, Tuesday October 9, 2007, as a public holiday across the country. • 06 Aug 2007 (National Australia Bank) There are unconfirmed reports, but from usually very reliable sources, that the government of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) has declared Monday, August 6, 2007, as a one-off, public holiday to make a bridge between the weekend and the August 7 Independence Day public holiday. • 26 Jul 2007 (Television Ivoirienne-Abidjan) Earlier today, Ivory Coast's President, Laurent Gbagbo, issued Decree No 2007/532 declaring an exceptional public holiday for Monday, July 30, 2007, all over the national territory. • 25 Jul 2007 (Le Nouveau Réveil) Ivory Coast's Prime Minister, Guillaume Soro, announced today that he would petition the President of The Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, to make Monday, July 30, 2007, a one-off public holiday to allow as many people as possible to participate in the "Flamme de la Paix" ceremony in Bouaké. • 16 May 2006 (Portail Officiel du Gouvernement-Abijan) The Ivory coast government has published the décret No 96-2006 du 16 mai 2006 which mandates a Monday day in lieu public holiday when some of the fixed-date public holidays fall on a Sunday. • 03 Sep 2005 (Le Nouveau Réveil-Abidjan) The weekly Le Nouveau Réveil has announced that a 2-day public holiday would be declared if the Ivory Coast's Elephant national football team wins its upcoming game against Cameroon. • 24 Mar 2004 (Le Nouveau Réveil-Abidjan) The government of the Ivory coast has declared tomorrow, Thursday, March 25, 2004, as a one-off public holiday, following a day of deadly clashes between security forces and opposition supporters. • 07 Dec 2000 (RFI-Abidjan) Today is the last time that that December 7 is observed as a public holiday in the Ivory Coast. • 22 Oct 2000 (Radio Cote d'Ivoire-Abidjan) Ivory Coast's President, General Guei, has declared Monday, October 23, 2000, a one-off public holiday, on the day after the Presidential Elections, and on that of the the appointment of the transition government. • 09 May 1996 (Gouvernement de la Côte d'Ivoire) The Ivory Coast government has transcribed the recently voted Loi N° 95-15 du 12 janvier 1995 into the Décret n°96-205 du 7 mars 1996, thus overhauling its observance of public holidays, and abrogating the Loi N° 64-290 du 20 novembre 1964. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Côte d'Ivoire public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in the Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) are regulated by Article 24.2 of the Code du Travail (Labour Code) and are specified by Decree No 65127 of April 2, 1965, establishing the list and regime of holidays, as amended by Decree No 93321 of March, 11, 1993, and most recently by the Décret no 96-205 du 7 mars 1996, déterminant la liste et le régime des jours fériés as published in the Journal officiel. 1996-05-09. no 19, pp. 441-442. • The Prophet's Birthday and Lailatou-Kadr: According to legal texts, these 2 holidays should be celebrated on the day after their respective occurence, however, historically, the practice seems to have been to celebrate these 2 holidays on their actual dates. • Houphouët-Boigny Day was only a public holiday from 1996 to 2000, inclusively. • Côte d'Ivoire International Codes CI and CIV (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .ci (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Côte d'Ivoire information and news: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) (Côte d'Ivoire central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Côte d'Ivoire maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Côte d'Ivoire), and Wikipedia (includes Côte d'Ivoire commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Côte d'Ivoire, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Côte d'Ivoire that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Côte d'Ivoire were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays, see Muslim Calendar Holidays. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

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In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2009 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Côte d'Ivoire, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Côte d'Ivoire, before planning any trip to Côte d'Ivoire. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.