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Public Holiday
Nationwide
Independence Day
Monday, March 6, 2028
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🏪 What's open
- Banks Closed
- Government offices Closed
- Schools Closed
- Shops Reduced
- Restaurants Reduced
- Public transit Reduced
- Stock market Closed
- Post office Closed
🛋️ Long weekend potential
3-Day Block
SAT
04
Weekend
SUN
05
Weekend
MON
06
Holiday
3-day weekend (March 4 – March 6)
📣 Traveler notes
Ghana is a West African country with good infrastructure, political stability, and widespread use of English. Visitors are generally welcomed by helpful people. The experience is characterized by a unique, laid-back pace, with tourist sites sometimes being less organized.
- New Year's Day (January 1)
- Independence Day (March 6)
- Easter (Good Friday and Easter Monday)
- Republic Day (July 1)
- Founder's Day (September 21)
About this holiday
Ghana's national Independence Day is observed on March 6th, commemorating the achievement of independence from British colonial rule. The declaration was made by Kwame Nkrumah on March 6, 1957, making Ghana the first sub-Saharan African nation to gain freedom from European colonial rule. It is a national public holiday.