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Public holidays in Kazakhstan

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This is a list of public holidays in Kazakhstan:^[1]^[2]

Public holidays[edit]

Date	English name	Local name/s	Notes
1–2 January	New Year's Day	Жаңа жыл (Jańa jyl) Новый Год (Novyy God)
7 January	Eastern Orthodox Christmas	Рождество Христово (Rojdestvo hrıstovo / Rozhdestvo Khristovo)	An official holiday since 2007
8 March	International Women's Day	Халықаралық әйелдер күні (Xalyqaralyq áıelder kúni) Международный женский день (Mezhdunarodnyy zhenskiy den')
21–23 March	Nauryz Meyramy	Наурыз мейрамы (Naýryz meıramy)	Originally the Persian New Year, is traditionally a springtime holiday marking the beginning of a new year.
1 May	Kazakhstan People's Unity Day	Қазақстан халқының бірлігі мерекесі (Qazaqstan xalqynyń birligi merekesi)
7 May	Defender of the Fatherland Day	Отан Қорғаушы күні (Otan Qorǵaýshy kuni) День Защитника Отечества (Den' Zashchitnika Otechestva)	An official holiday since 2013
9 May	Great Patriotic War Against Fascism Victory Day	Жеңіс күні (Jeńis kúni) День Победы (Den' Pobedy)	A holiday in the former Soviet Union carried over to present-day Kazakhstan and other former republics (Except Baltic countries)
6 July	Capital City Day	Астана күні (Astana kúni) День столицы (Den' stolitsy)	Birthday of the first President of Kazakhstan
30 August	Constitution Day	Конституция күні (Konstıtýcıya kúni) День Конституции (Den' Konstitutsii)
Last day of Hajj	Kurban Ait^a	Құрбан айт (Kurban ait) Курбан айт (Kurban ait)	An official holiday since 2007
25 October	Republic Day	Республика күні (Respublika kúni) День Республики (Den' Respubliki)	An official holiday since 2022
1 December	First President's Day	Қазақстан Республикасының Тұңғыш Президенті күні	An official holiday since 2011
16 December	Independence Day	Тәуелсіздік күні (Táýelsizdik kúni) День независимости (Den' nezavisimosti)	Independence from the Soviet Union

^a Eid al-Adha, the Islamic "Feast of Sacrifice".

Other holidays[edit]

National Guard Day - 10 January
Day of the State Security Service of Kazakhstan - 21 April^[3]
Police Day - 23 June
Border Guards Day - 18 August
Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions - 30 October

References[edit]

^ Kazakhstan Public Holidays Archived 9 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Worldtravelguide.net. Retrieved 14 January 2013.

^ "Electronic government of the Republic of Kazakhstan". Egov.kz. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2013.

^ День Службы государственной охраны Республики Казахстан

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