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National holiday

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A national holiday is a statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself. It is usually the anniversary of the country's independence, the signature of its constitution, or other significant event; in some cases it is the saint's day of the country's patron saint.

Note: Many countries also use the term "National holiday" to refer to a generic public holiday.

Independent states

January

February

March

April

May

Israel's Independence Day is specified on the Hebrew calendar on the 5th day of Iyyar, and so it does not have a fixed date in the Gregorian calendar; it usually falls somewhere in May or late April. The Gregorian date of Israel's independence itself was May 14, 1948.

June

July

August

September

October

 
PRC celebrations in 2004

November

December


Note: In Japan, besides National Foundation Day on February 11, which is a National Day, there is also a National Holiday (国民の休日, kokumin no kyujitsu, which translates to "Citizens' day off") on May 4, between Constitution Day on May 3 and Kodomo no hi (Children's Day) on May 5. The whole nation takes a holiday for three consecutive days, giving the term National Holiday a different meaning.

Other national and supranational celebrations

Some nations (in the cultural sense) have their own national holidays. Often they have an autonomous status within a larger state. In the case of Ireland, the national holiday is statutory in both an independent state, the Republic of Ireland, plus the semi-autonomous province of Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom (See Partition of Ireland). In cases in which the nation is represented by a subnational government in a larger state, that government may make the holiday statutory.

Some subnational entities also commemorate themselves with statutory holidays.

See also

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