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A national holiday is a statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself. It is usually the anniversary of the country's independence, the signature of its constitution, or other significant event; in some cases it is the saint's day of the country's patron saint.

Note: Many countries also use the term "National holiday" to refer to a generic public holiday.

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Independent states

January

February

March

April

May

Israel's Independence Day is specified on the Hebrew calendar on the 5th day of Iyyar, and so it does not have a fixed date in the Gregorian calendar; it usually falls somewhere in May or late April. The Gregorian date of Israel's independence itself was May 14, 1948.

June

July

August

September

October

PRC celebrations in 2004
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PRC celebrations in 2004

November

December

Note: In Japan, besides National Foundation Day on February 11, which is a National Day, there is also a National Holiday (国民の休日, kokumin no kyujitsu, which translates to "Citizens' day off") on May 4, between Constitution Day on May 3 and Kodomo no hi (Children's Day) on May 5. The whole nation takes a holiday for three consecutive days, giving the term National Holiday a different meaning.

Other Some nations (in the cultural sense) have their own national holidays. Often they have an autonomous status within a larger state. In the case of Ireland, the national holiday is statutory in both an independent state, the Republic of Ireland, plus the semi-autonomous province of Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom (See Partition of Ireland). In cases in which the nation is represented by a subnational government in a larger state, that government may make the holiday statutory.

Some subnational entities also commemorate themselves with statutory holidays.

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