This is a list of holidays in São Tomé and Príncipe.

Public holidays

{| class="wikitable"

! Date

! English name

! Local name

!Comments

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|January 1

|New Year's Day

|Ano Novo

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|February 3

|Martyrs' Day

|Dia dos Mártires

|Commemorates the Batepa Massacre of 1953.

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|May 1

|Labour Day

|Dia do trabalhador

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|July 12

|Independence Day

|Dia da Independência

|Independence from Portugal in 1975.

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|September 6

|Armed Forces Day

|Dia das Forças Armadas

|The main activity that marks Armed Forces Day is the swearing-in act of new recruits to the army.

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|September 30

|Agricultural Reform Day

|Dia da Reforma Agrária

|Marks the nationalization of the swiddens (slash-and-burn agricultural land) in 1975.

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|December 21

|São Tomé Day

|Dia de São Tomé

|Commemorates the arrival of the first Europeans to the island of São Tomé in 1471.

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|December 25

|Christmas Day

|Natal

|}

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