This is a list of public holidays in the Central African Republic
Public holidays
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! Date !! English name !! Comments
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| January 1 || New Year's Day
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| March 29 || Barthelemy Boganda Day
|Date of the first prime minister's death in 1959
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| March or April || Easter Monday
| Day after Easter
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| May 1 || Labour Day||
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|rowspan="2"| May or June || Ascension Day||
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| Whit Monday
| Day after Pentecost
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| June 30 || General Prayer Day
|Non-denominational although 60% Protestant and 90% Christian.
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| August 13 || Independence Day ||From France, 1960
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| August 15 || Assumption Day ||
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| November 1 || All Saints Day||
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| December 1 || National Day || Commemorates the anniversary of the Central African Republic becoming an autonomous territory within the French Community in 1958.
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| December 25 || Christmas Day ||
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|1 Shawwal ||Korité ||Muslim feast of Breaking the Fast.
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|10 Dhu al-Hijjah ||Tabaski||Muslim feast of the Sacrifice.
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