Holidays in Somalia

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The holidays in Somalia: Somalia uses two calendar systems: the Gregorian calendar primarily, but the Islamic calendar for religious holidays.

Date	English name	Local name	Remarks
Gregorian calendar
1 January	New Year
1 May	Labour Day
26 June	Independence from the United Kingdom
1 July	Independence Day from Italy, Unification of British Somaliland & Italian Somaliland to form Somali Republic.
Islamic lunar calendar
12 Rabi'-ul-Awwal	Birthday of Muhammad	Mawlid Nabi
27 Rajab	Muhammad's Ascension to Heaven	Mi'raaj Nabi
1 Shawwal	End of Ramadan	Eid Ed Fitri
10 Dhul Hijja		Eid Al Adha
1 Muharram	Muslim New Year
10 Muharram	Ashura

See also

Djibouti

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