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🇳🇦 New Year's Day in Namibia
First day of the calendar year
Date in Namibia
January 1
Public life in Namibia
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
What this holiday commemorates
- 1977 Kuaima Riruako returns to South West Africa using a South African passport, becoming the first prominent political exile to return under such terms. · Namibia
- 1995 Kuaima Riruako takes his seat in the National Assembly of Namibia as a DTA member, having won election in 1994. · Namibia
- 2015 Kuaima Riruako succeeded as Paramount Chief of the OvaHerero by advocate Vekuii Rukoro, who is formally inaugurated to continue the reparations campai... · Namibia
Other countries celebrating New Year's Day
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Algeria
Jan 1
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Angola
Jan 1
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Benin
Jan 1
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Botswana
Jan 1
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Burkina Faso
Jan 1
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Burundi
Jan 1
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Cape Verde
Jan 1
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Cameroon
Jan 1
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Central African Republic
Jan 1
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Chad
Jan 1
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Comoros
Jan 1
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Congo
Jan 1
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DRCongo
Jan 1
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Côte d'Ivoire
Jan 1
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Djibouti
Jan 1
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Egypt
Jan 1
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Equatorial Guinea
Jan 1
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Eritrea
Jan 1
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Eswatini
Jan 1
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Gabon
Jan 1
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Gambia
Jan 1
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Ghana
Jan 1
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Guinea
Jan 1
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Guinea-Bissau
Jan 1
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Kenya
Jan 1
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Lesotho
Jan 1
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Liberia
Jan 1
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Libya
Jan 1
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Madagascar
Jan 1
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Malawi
Jan 1
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Mali
Jan 1
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Mauritania
Jan 1
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Mauritius
Jan 1
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Morocco
Jan 1
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Mozambique
Jan 1
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Niger
Jan 1
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Nigeria
Jan 1
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Rwanda
Jan 1
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Sao Tome and Principe
Jan 1
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Senegal
Jan 1
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Seychelles
Jan 1
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Sierra Leone
Jan 1
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Somalia
Jan 1
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South Africa
Jan 1
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South Sudan
Jan 1
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Tanzania
Jan 1
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Togo
Jan 1
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Tunisia
Jan 1
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Uganda
Jan 1
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Zambia
Jan 1
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Zimbabwe
Jan 1