January 2006








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World Holidays

AFGHANISTAN
Jan. 10: Eid Qurban

ALBANIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

ALGERIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 21: Aïd El Adha
Jan. 31: Awal Moharem

ANDORRA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Three Kings’ Day

ANGOLA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 4: Martyrs of the Colonial Repression Day

ANTIGUA and BARBUDA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

ARGENTINA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

ARMENIA
Jan. 1-2: New Year’s Holiday
Jan. 6: Armenian Christmas

AUSTRALIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 26: Australia Day

AUSTRIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany

AZERBAIJAN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 20: Martyrs’ Day

BAHAMAS
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

BAHRAIN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Eid Al-Adha
Jan. 31: Al-Hijrah

BANGLADESH
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Eid-ul Azha

BARBADOS
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 21: Errol Barrow Day

BELARUS
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 7: Orthodox Christmas

BELGIUM
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

BELIZE
Jan. 1: New Year&# 146;s Day

BENIN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Traditional Day

BOLIVIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
Jan. 1-2: New Year’s Holiday

BOTSWANA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 2: Public Holiday

BRAZIL
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

BRUNEI
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Hari Raya Aidiladha
Jan. 31: First Day of Hijriah

BULGARIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

BURKINA FASO
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 3: Anniversary of the 1966 Uprising

BURMA (MYANMAR)
Jan. 4: Independence Day

BURUNDI
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

CAMBODIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 7: Victory Over Genocide Regime

CAMEROON
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

CANADA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

CAPE VERDE
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 20: National Heroes’ Day

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

CHAD
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Aïd al-Adha

CHILE
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

CHINA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

COLOMBIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

CONGO, REPUBLIC OF
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

COSTA RICA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

CÔTE D’IVOIRE
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Aïd-El Kebir

CROATIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

CUBA
Jan. 1: Liberation Day

CYPRUS
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany

CZECH REPUBLIC
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 1: Day of Restoration of Czech Independence

DENMARK
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

DJIBOUTI
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Eid Al Adha

DOMINICA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany
Jan. 21: Day of the Virgin of the Altagracia
Jan. 26: Day of Juan Pablo Duarte

EAST TIMOR
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

ECUADOR
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

EGYPT
Jan. 7: Coptic Holiday
Jan. 10: Eid El Adha

EL SALVADOR
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

ERITREA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

ESTONIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany

FIJI
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

FINLAND
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany

FRANCE
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

GABON
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

GAMBIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Eid-al-Adha

GEORGIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 7: Christmas Day
Jan. 19: Epiphany

GERMANY
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany

GHANA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

GREECE
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

GRENADA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

GUATEMALA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

GUINEA-BISSAU
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

GUYANA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

HAITI
Jan. 1: Independence Day
Jan. 2: Ancestry Day

HONDURAS
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

HUNGARY
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

ICELAND
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

INDIA
Jan. 26: Republic Day

INDONESIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Idul Adha

IRELAND
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

ITALY
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany

JAMAICA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

JAPAN
Jan. 1-3: New Year’s Holiday (Shogatsu)
Jan. 9: Coming of Age Day (Seijin no hi)

JORDAN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Eid Al-Adha
Jan. 30: King Abdullah’s Birthday
Jan. 31: Islamic New Year

KAZAKHSTAN
Jan. 1-2: New Year’s Holiday

KENYA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

KOREA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

KUWAIT
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Eid Al-Adha
Jan. 31: Hijra New Year

KYRGYZSTAN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 7: Russian Orthodox Christmas
January 2006

LAOS
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

LATVIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

LEBANON
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Orthodox Armenian Christmas
Jan. 10: Eid al-Adha
Jan. 31: Islamic New Year

LESOTHO
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

LIBERIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

LIECHTENSTEIN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 2: St. Berchtold’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany

LITHUANIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

LUXEMBOURG
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

MACEDONIA
Jan. 1-2: New Year’s Holiday
Jan. 7: Orthodox Christmas

MADAGASCAR
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

MALAWI
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 15: John Chilembwe Day

MALAYSIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Hari Raya Haji
Jan. 31: Maal Hijrah

MALTA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

MARSHALL ISLANDS
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

MAURITANIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Eid Al Adha
Jan. 31: Islamic New Year

MAURITIUS
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

MEXICO
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

MICRONESIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

MOLDOVA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 7-8: Christmas Holiday

MONGOLIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

MOROCCO
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Eid Al Adha
Jan. 11: Independence Manifesto Day
Jan. 31: Islamic New Year

MOZAMBIQUE
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

NAMIBIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

NETHERLANDS
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

NEW ZEALAND
Jan. 1-2: New Year’s Holiday

NICARAGUA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

NIGER
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

NIGERIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Id-el-Kabir

NORWAY
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

OMAN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Eid Al Adha
Jan. 31: Islamic New Year

PAKISTAN
Jan. 10: Eid-ul Azha
Jan. 31: Islamic New Year

PALAU
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

PANAMA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 9: Martyr’s Day

PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

PARAGUAY
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

PERU
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

PHILIPPINES
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

POLAND
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

PORTUGAL
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

QATAR
Jan. 10: Eid Al Adha
Jan. 31: Islamic New Year

RUSSIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 7: Russian Orthodox Christmas

RWANDA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

ST. KITTS and NEVIS
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 2: Carnival

ST. LUCIA
Jan. 1-2: New Year’s Holiday

ST. VINCENT and THE GRENADINES
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

SAUDI ARABIA
Jan. 10: Eid al-Adha

SENEGAL
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Tabaski
Jan. 31: Tamxarit

SERBIA and MONTENEGRO
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

SEYCHELLES
Jan. 1-2: New Year’s Holiday

SIERRA LEONE
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

SINGAPORE
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Hari Raya Haji

SLOVAKIA
Jan. 1: Establishment of the Slovak Republic
Jan. 6: Epiphany

SLOVENIA
Jan. 1-2: New Year’s Holiday

SOLOMON ISLANDS
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

SOUTH AFRICA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

SPAIN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany

SRI LANKA
Jan. 10: Eid Al Adha
Jan. 31: Islamic New Year

SUDAN
Jan. 1: Independence Day

SWEDEN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany

SWITZERLAND
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 2: St. Berchtold’s Day

SYRIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Eid Al Adha
Jan. 31: Islamic New Year

TAJIKISTAN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

TANZANIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Eid El Hadj
Jan. 12: Zanzibar Revolution Day

THAILAND
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

TOGO
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 13: National Day
Jan. 24: Economic Liberation Day

TONGA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

TRINIDAD and TOBAGO
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

TUNISIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Aïd El Idha
Jan. 31: Islamic New Year

TURKEY
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Kurban Bayram

TURKMENISTAN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Kurban Bairam

UGANDA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Iddi Adhuha
Jan. 26: NRM Anniversary Day

UKRAINE
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 7: Orthodox Christmas Day

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Eid Al Adha
Jan. 31: Islamic New Year

UNITED KINGDOM
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

URUGUAY
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Children’s Day

UZBEKISTAN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

VENEZUELA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

VIETNAM
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

YEMEN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Eid Al Adha
Jan. 31: Islamic New Year

ZAMBIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

ZIMBABWE
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day


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