Public holidays 2026 in Western Sahara
There are 11 public holidays in 2026.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Local name | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | Proclamation of the SADR | إعلان الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية الديمقراطية | ||
| Sunday | First Martyr | يوم الشهيد الأول | ||
| Friday | Eid al-Fitr (estimated) | عيد الفطر المبارك (تقديري) | ||
| Sunday | Creation of the Polisario Front | تأسيس الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير الساقية الحمراء ووادي الذهب | ||
| Wednesday | Commencement of the Armed Struggle | اندلاع الكفاح المسلح | ||
| Wednesday | Eid al-Adha (estimated) | عيد الأضحى المبارك (تقديري) | ||
| Tuesday | Martyrs' Day | يوم الشهداء | ||
| Tuesday | Islamic New Year (estimated) | رأس السنة الهجرية (تقديري) | ||
| Wednesday | Uprising Day | يوم الانتفاضة | ||
| Tuesday | Prophet's Birthday (estimated) | المولد النبوي الشريف (تقديري) | ||
| Monday | National Unity Day | عيد الوحدة الوطنية |
Days marked "observed" are substitute days off when a holiday falls on a weekend. Holidays based on a lunar calendar can shift by a day once the official announcement is made.
Long weekends 2026
13 times a public holiday lies close to a weekend – with a little leave it becomes a long weekend:
| Take leave | Off | Days of leave | Days off | Ratio | Occasion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 23 Feb, Tue 24 Feb, Wed 25 Feb, Thu 26 Feb | 21 Feb – 1 Mar 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Proclamation of the SADR |
| Mon 16 Mar, Tue 17 Mar, Wed 18 Mar, Thu 19 Mar | 14 Mar – 22 Mar 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Eid al-Fitr (estimated) |
| Mon 18 May, Tue 19 May | 16 May – 20 May 2026 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Commencement of the Armed Struggle |
| Thu 21 May, Fri 22 May | 20 May – 24 May 2026 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Commencement of the Armed Struggle |
| Mon 25 May, Tue 26 May | 23 May – 27 May 2026 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Eid al-Adha (estimated) |
| Thu 28 May, Fri 29 May | 27 May – 31 May 2026 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Eid al-Adha (estimated) |
| Mon 8 Jun | 6 Jun – 9 Jun 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Martyrs' Day |
| Wed 10 Jun, Thu 11 Jun, Fri 12 Jun | 9 Jun – 14 Jun 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Martyrs' Day |
| Mon 15 Jun | 13 Jun – 17 Jun 2026 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Islamic New Year (estimated), Uprising Day |
| Thu 18 Jun, Fri 19 Jun | 16 Jun – 21 Jun 2026 | 2 | 6 | 3 | Islamic New Year (estimated), Uprising Day |
| Mon 24 Aug | 22 Aug – 25 Aug 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Prophet's Birthday (estimated) |
| Wed 26 Aug, Thu 27 Aug, Fri 28 Aug | 25 Aug – 30 Aug 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Prophet's Birthday (estimated) |
| Tue 13 Oct, Wed 14 Oct, Thu 15 Oct, Fri 16 Oct | 10 Oct – 18 Oct 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | National Unity Day |
Counted are gaps of up to four working days between a public holiday and the weekend or another public holiday. "Ratio" = days off per day of leave. Weekends follow the local working week.
Dates are generated from the open-source library python-holidays and automatically cross-checked against Nager.Date and the public Google Calendar holiday calendars; every holiday on a working day must be confirmed by a second source. Official announcements take precedence, especially for holidays that depend on the moon or are declared at short notice.
Sources
- Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code EH (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (country not covered) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.eh) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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Other years
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