2009 Holidays and Events in Mbanza Kongo, Angola

Additional Information	Date	Name
	1/1/2009, Thu	New Year's Day
Note A statutory public holiday (Dia do Ano Novo).
	2/4/2009, Wed	Start of the Armed Struggle Day
Note A statutory public holiday (Dia do Inicio da Luta Armada de Libertacao Nacional). Commemorates the start of the Angolan War of Independence on 4 February 1961 with the assault on Luanda police stations and prisons by the MPLA.
	2/24/2009, Tue	Carnival Tuesday
Note A statutory public holiday (Terca-feira de Carnaval). Also known as Shrove Tuesday. Note: Angola observes ONLY the Tuesday, unlike other countries which observe the Monday.
	3/8/2009, Sun	International Women's Day
Note A statutory public holiday (Dia Internacional da Mulher). International Women's Day.
	3/23/2009, Mon	Southern Africa Liberation Day
Note A statutory public holiday (Dia da Libertacao da Africa Austral) added by Lei 11/18 (2018). Commemorates the 23 March 1976 South African military withdrawal from Angola.
	4/4/2009, Sat	Peace and National Reconciliation Day
Note A statutory public holiday (Dia da Paz e da Reconciliacao Nacional). Commemorates the 4 April 2002 Luena Memorandum of Understanding ending the Angolan Civil War.
	4/10/2009, Fri	Good Friday
Note A statutory public holiday (Sexta-Feira Santa).
	4/12/2009, Sun	Easter
Note A Christian religious observance. Not a statutory public holiday.
	5/1/2009, Fri	Labour Day
Note A statutory public holiday (Dia Internacional do Trabalhador). Also known as Labour Day and International Workers' Day.
	7/8/2009, Wed	Dia da Cidade de Mbanza Kongo
Note A city-level dies festius local (Dia da Cidade de Mbanza Kongo) declared by formal Presidential Decree per Lei 10/11 art. 4, published in the Diario da Republica on 11 September 2017. Moved the city's celebration from 25 July to 8 July to commemorate the 2017 UNESCO World Heritage inscription of the Historic Centre of Mbanza Kongo (former capital of the Kingdom of Kongo).
	9/17/2009, Thu	Founder of the Nation and National Hero Day
Note A statutory public holiday (Dia do Fundador da Nacao e do Heroi Nacional). Commemorates the birthday of Antonio Agostinho Neto (17 September 1922), Angola's first president and founder of the MPLA.
	11/2/2009, Mon	All Souls' Day
Note A statutory public holiday (Dia dos Finados). Catholic All Souls' Day.
	11/11/2009, Wed	National Independence Day
Note A statutory public holiday (Dia da Independencia Nacional). Commemorates Angolan independence from Portugal on 11 November 1975.
	12/24/2009, Thu	Christmas Eve
Note A half-day bank/government closure (Vespera de Natal). Not a statutory dies festius under Lei 10/11 but government offices and banks close in the afternoon by long-standing MAPTSS circular and Banco Nacional de Angola (BNA) practice.
	12/25/2009, Fri	Christmas Day and Family Day
Note A statutory public holiday (Dia de Natal e da Familia). The Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, combined with Family Day observance under Lei 10/11.
	12/31/2009, Thu	New Year's Eve
Note A half-day bank/government closure (Vespera de Ano Novo). Not a statutory dies festius under Lei 10/11 but government offices and banks close in the afternoon by long-standing MAPTSS circular and Banco Nacional de Angola (BNA) practice.

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