Public holidays in Tanzania
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Public holidays in Tanzania are in accordance with the Public Holidays Act,{{Cite web |title=Public Holidays Act (Chapter 35) |url=https://media.tanzlii.org/media/legislation/311085/source_file/9f744cf02f2f9f2c/1920-2.pdf |access-date=2025-02-23}}{{Cite book |url=https://tanzlii.org/akn/tz/act/ord/1920/2/eng@2002-07-31 |title=Public Holidays Act |date=2002-07-31 |language=en |access-date=2025-02-23}} amended among others in December 1964,{{Cite web |title=An act to amend the Public Holidays Ordinance |url=https://www.chragg.go.tz/uploads/documents/sw-1669284845-57-1964%20The%20Public%20Holidays%20Ordinance%20(Amendment)%20Act.pdf |access-date=2025-02-23}} August 1966,{{Cite web |title=An act to amend the Public Holidays Ordinance |url=https://www.chragg.go.tz/uploads/documents/sw-1669372407-28-1966%20The%20Public%20Holidays%20ordinance%20(Amendment)%20Act.pdf |access-date=2025-02-23}} July 2022,{{Cite book |url=https://tanzlii.org/akn/tz/act/gn/2022/486/eng@2022-07-15 |title=Laws Revision (Rectification of Printing Errors) (Public Holidays Act [Cap. 35 R.E 2002]) Notice, 2022 |date=2022-07-15 |language=en |access-date=2025-02-23}} and are observed throughout the nation.
Background
The President of Tanzania may declare additional holidays at his or her discretion, as stated in article 3 of the Public Holidays Act, for example, during the general election day. A recent example of this was on 4 November 2015 where President Kikwete announced a national holiday for the next day to celebrate Magufuli winning the presidential election.{{Cite web|title = Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania - Tovuti Rasmi ya Rais|url = http://ikulu.go.tz/index.php/media/press_details/1971|website = ikulu.go.tz|access-date = 2015-11-04}}
Karume day, Saba saba day and Nyerere day do not appear in the Public Holidays Act, and are declared by the President. This happens however traditionally every year.{{cite web |title=Public Holidays 2023 |url=https://www.bot.go.tz/webdocs/Other/2023%20public%20holidays.pdf |access-date=11 August 2023 |publisher=Bank of Tanzania}}{{cite web |title=Public Holidays |url=https://www.foreign.go.tz/tanzania/category/public-holidays |access-date=2 January 2024 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation}}{{Cite web |title=PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN TANZANIA - 2025 |url=https://dse.co.tz/storage/news/Iv0nMVve2cg7BZF4AADrYVnfYU4dlNSTTrWFKM4c.pdf |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Dar Es Salaam Stock Exchange}}{{Cite web |title=Tanzania Public & Private Holidays in 2025 (Full List) |url=https://www.edarabia.com/tanzania/public-holidays/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=edarabia.com |language=en-US}}
General list
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| width="100px" |Date | English name
(Names from the Public Holiday Act are in bold, if available) !Swahili name{{Cite web |date=2024-05-23 |title=Sikukuu za Kitaifa Tanzania 2024 - HABARI FORUM |url=https://www.habariforum.com/sikukuu-za-kitaifa-tanzania-2024/ |access-date=2025-02-26 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=PMO {{!}} Matukio ya Kitaifa |url=https://www.pmo.go.tz/events |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=www.pmo.go.tz}} !Notes |
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| 1 January
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| 12 January
|Revolution Day (Zanzibar Revolution Day) |Sikukuu ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar |Zanzibar Revolution. End of the Sultanate of Zanzibar | |
| 7 April
|(Karume Day) |Siku ya Karume |Assassination of Zanzibari President Abeid Karume | |
| Friday before Easter | |
| Monday after Easter
|Jumatatu ya Pasaka |The resurrection of Christ | |
| 26 April
|Union Day |Sikukuu ya Muungano |The unification of Tanganyika and the People's Republic of Zanzibar in 1964 | |
| 1 May
|Sikukuu ya Wafanyakazi | | |
| 7 July
|(Saba Saba Day) |Climax of the annual Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair | |
| 8 August
(Nane Nane Day) | | |
| 14 October
|Siku ya Nyerere |Death anniversary of Julius Nyerere, the father of the nation | |
| 9 December
|Independence and Republic Day |Sikukuu ya Uhuru na Jamhuri |End of British rule in 1961 | |
| 25 December
|Commemoration of the birth of Jesus | |
| 26 December
|Siku ya kufungua Zawadi | | |
| 12 Rabi' al-awwal *
|Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday | |
| 1 Shawwal and 2 Shawwal *
|End of the holy month of Ramadan. Breaking of the Fast. 2 days. | |
| 10 Dhu al-Hijja *
|Feast of Sacrifice | |
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File:Zanzibar revolution 40 years.JPG in Unguja, Zanzibar.]]
See also
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