Holiday Guide for Gambia in 2022

Gambia information

Population: 2.42m
Capital: Banjul
Calling Code: (220)
Time Zone: 0 UTC
Currency: Gambian dalasi
Language: English

List of National Holidays in Gambia in 2022

	Saturday January 1st New Year's Day Gambia: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
	Monday January 3rd Long Weekend! New Year's Day (in lieu) Gambia: As New Year's Day falls on a Saturday in 2022, the following Monday will be a public holiday.
	Friday February 18th Long Weekend! Independence Day Gambia: Gambia gained full independence from colonial Britain on 18 February 1965.
	Saturday April 9th Public Holiday Gambia: President Barrow has declared Saturday 9 April 2022 as a public holiday for the National Assembly Election.
	Friday April 15th Long Weekend! Good Friday Gambia: Good Friday occurs on the Friday before Easter. The day commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus.
	Monday April 18th Long Weekend! Easter Monday Gambia: Easter is probably the most important holiday of the Christian year, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus
	Sunday May 1st May Day Gambia: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
	Tuesday May 3rd Koriteh Holiday Gambia: The festival of Eid al-Fitr, the Festival of Fast breaking, marks the end of Ramadan
	Wednesday May 4th Koriteh Gambia: Second day of Public Holidays throughout The Gambia in observance of the Muslim feast of Eid-ul-Fitr
	Wednesday May 25th Africa Liberation Day Gambia: Commemoration on May 25th of the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity
	Sunday July 10th Tobaski Gambia: Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.
	Monday July 11th Long Weekend! Tobaski Holiday Gambia: Second day of Public Holidays throughout The Gambia in observance of the Muslim feast of Eid-ul-Fitr
	Monday August 8th Long Weekend! Yawmul Ashura Gambia: Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Mourning of Muharram
	Monday August 15th Long Weekend! Assumption Day Gambia: The Feast of the Assumption is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin, the mother of Jesus Christ
	Monday October 10th Long Weekend! Milad Un Nabi Gambia: Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar
	Sunday December 25th Christmas Day Gambia: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
	Monday December 26th Long Weekend! Christmas Day (in lieu) Gambia: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC