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🇸🇹 Agricultural Reform Day in Sao Tome and Principe
Also known as: Nationalization of the Roças Day
Commemoration of land reform
Date in Sao Tome and Principe
September 30
Instituted1975
Commemorates the nationalization of plantations and land reform in 1975.
Marks the 1975 nationalization of agricultural lands following independence
How Agricultural Reform Day is observed in Sao Tome and Principe
Historical significance
Celebrates the 1975 agricultural reforms following independence from Portugal.
Public life in Sao Tome and Principe
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
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