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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Côte d'Ivoire

The list of Côte d'Ivoire bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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09 Oct 2007 (Copp Clark) In a last-minute communiqué, the governement of the Ivory Coast has declared today, Tuesday October 9, 2007, as a public holiday across the country. • 06 Aug 2007 (National Australia Bank) There are unconfirmed reports, but from usually very reliable sources, that the government of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) has declared Monday, August 6, 2007, as a one-off, public holiday to make a bridge between the weekend and the August 7 Independence Day public holiday. • 26 Jul 2007 (Television Ivoirienne-Abidjan) Earlier today, Ivory Coast's President, Laurent Gbagbo, issued Decree No 2007/532 declaring an exceptional public holiday for Monday, July 30, 2007, all over the national territory. • 25 Jul 2007 (Le Nouveau Réveil) The Prime Minister, Guillaume Soro, announced today that he would petition the President of The Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, to make Monday, July 30, 2007, a one-off public holiday to allow as many people as possible to participate in the "Flamme de la Paix" ceremony in Bouaké. • 22 Oct 2000 (Radio Cote d'Ivoire-Abidjan) In accordance with the Decree No 65127 of 2nd April 1965 establishing the list and regime of holidays, as amended by Decree No 93321 of 11th March 1993, the President of the Republic, General Guei, has declared Monday, October 23, 2000, a one-off public holiday in the Ivory Coast, on the occasion of the appointment of the transition government. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Côte d'Ivoire public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in the Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) are regulated by Article 24.2 of the Code du Travail (Labour Code) and the Décret no 96-205 du 7 mars 1996, déterminant la liste et le régime des jours fériés as published in the Journal officiel. 1996-05-09. no 19, pp. 441-442. • The Prophet's Birthday and Lailatou-Kadr: According to legal texts, these 2 holidays should be celebrated on the day after their respective occurence, however, historically, the practice seems to have been to celebrate these 2 holidays on their actual dates. • Houphouët-Boigny Day was only a public holiday from 1996 to 2000, inclusively. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) (Côte d'Ivoire central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Côte d'Ivoire, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Côte d'Ivoire that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Côte d'Ivoire were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays, see Muslim Calendar Holidays. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Côte d'Ivoire, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Côte d'Ivoire, before planning any trip to Côte d'Ivoire. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.