Public holidays in Morocco

This is a list of holidays in Morocco.

Public holidays

Date	English Name	Local Name	Description
Muharram 1	Muslim New Year	Fatih Muharram
Rabi' al-awwal 12	Birth of the Prophet Muhammad	Eid Al Mawled
Shawwal 1	Eid ul-Fitr	Eid Sghir
Dhu al-Hijjah 10	Eid ul-Adha	Eid Kbir
January 1	New Year's Day	Ras l' âm
January 11	Proclamation of Independence	Takdim watikat al-istiqlal
May 1	Labour day	Eid Ash-Shughl
July 30	Enthronement	Eid Al-Ârch
August 14	Oued Ed-Dahab Day	Zikra Oued Ed-Dahab
August 20	Revolution of the King and the People	Thawrat al malik wa shâab
August 21	Youth Day	Eid Al Chabab	Birthday of King Mohammed VI
November 6	Green March	Eid Al Massira Al Khadra
November 18	Independence Day	Eid Al Istiqulal	Morocco's National day

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Public holidays in Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Western Sahara

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