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Public holidays in Angola

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Angola has twelve public holidays that can be increase by bridge holidays if a holiday falls on a Tuesday or Thursday. 2022 has fifteen national holidays.^[1]


Date	English Name	Angolan Name	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day	Dia de Ano Novo
February 4	Day of the Beginning of the National Liberation Armed Struggle^[a]	Dia do Início da Luta Armada de Libertação Nacional	Celebrates the beginning in 1961 of the Angolan War of Independence
Thursday to Tuesday before Lent February or March	Carnival	Carnaval
March 8	International Women's Day	Dia Internacional da Mulher
March 23	Day of Southern Africa Liberation	Dia da Libertação da África Austral	Celebrates the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale
Friday of Holy Week March or April	Good Friday	Boa sexta-feira	Crucifixion of Jesus
April 4	Day of Peace and Reconciliation	Dia da Paz e Reconciliação	End of the Angolan Civil War
May 1	Labour Day	Dia do Trabalho
September 17	National Heroes Day	Dia Nacional dos Heróis	Birthday of Agostinho Neto, first president^[3]
November 2	All Souls Day	Dia de Todas as Almas
November 11	Independence Day	Dia da Independência	From Portugal, 1975
December 25	Christmas Day	Dia de Natal	Birth of Jesus

Notes

^ This name is a full translation of the holiday's Portuguese name. Other English names for this day include Liberation Movement Day,^[2] Day of the Armed Struggle, Beginning the Armed Struggle Day and simply Liberation Day.