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This is a list of '''[[holiday]]s in [[Nauru]]''', an island nation in [[Micronesia]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Information
|-
! scope="row" | 1 January
| [[New Year's Day]]
| The first day of the year.<ref name="oed">{{cite web|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/126656?redirectedFrom=New+Year%27s+Day#eid34749957|title=Home : Oxford English Dictionary|website=Oed.com|access-date=13 May 2016}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 31 January
| [[Independence Day]]
| Celebrates the Independence of Nauru, 31 January 1968<ref name="state">{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2014/01/220773.htm|title=Republic of Nauru's Independence Day|website=State.gov|access-date=13 May 2016}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | Friday before [[Easter Sunday]]
| [[Good Friday]]
| The anniversary of the death of [[Jesus]]<ref name="oed2">{{cite web|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/79942?redirectedFrom=Good+Friday#eid|title=Home : Oxford English Dictionary|website=Oed.com|access-date=13 May 2016}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | The day after [[Easter Sunday]]
| [[Easter Monday]]
| <ref name="oed3">{{cite web|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/59097?redirectedFrom=Easter+Monday#eid189455158|title=Easter, n.1 : Oxford English Dictionary|website=Oed.com|access-date=13 May 2016}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 17 May
| [[Constitution Day]]
| Celebrates when the Constitution of Nauru was created<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://athletics-oceania.com/|title=Oceania Athletics Association - OAA|website=Athletics-oceania.com|access-date=15 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 1 July
| RONPhos Handover Day
| Celebrates the taking over of [[phosphate mining in Nauru]] from the [[British Phosphate Commission]] by the [[Nauru Phosphate Corporation]]. Established in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last=|first=|url=https://www.loopnauru.com/nauru-news/nauru-public-holiday-commemorate-%E2%80%9Cronphos-handover%E2%80%9D-101718|title=Nauru public holiday to commemorate "RONPHOS Handover"|work=Loop Nauru|date=28 June 2021|accessdate=22 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=|first=|url=https://www.nauru.gov.nr/about-nauru/national-days.aspx|title=Nauru observes |publisher=Republic of Nauru|accessdate=22 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 19 August
| Ibumin Earoeni
| Translates to "Day of the Tribes." Celebrates the [[Nauruans#Tribes|tribes of Nauru]] and the matrilineal system.<ref>{{cite web |last=|first=|url=https://www.loopnauru.com/nauru-news/nauru-observes-public-holiday-celebrate-ibumin-earoeni-122264|title=Nauru observes public holiday to celebrate Ibumin Earoeni|work=Loop Nauru|date=21 August 2023|accessdate=31 August 2023}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 25 September
| Sir [[Hammer DeRoburt]] Day
| in commemoration of the birth date of the late former President Sir Hammer DeRoburt OBE G.C.M.G.<ref name="iexplore">{{cite web|url=http://www.nauru.gov.nr/media/191705/gazette_330-22__2_.pdf|title=Republic of Nauru Government Gazette No. 330|access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 26 October
| [[Angam Day]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://calendarific.com/holidays/2021/NR|title=Nauru Public Holidays in 2021|website=Calendarific.com|access-date=15 January 2022}}</ref>
|
|-
! scope="row" | 25 December
| [[Christmas Day]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 26 December
| [[Boxing Day]]
|
|}

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* {{Cite web | url=http://www.un.int/nauru/countryprofile.html | title=Nauru Country Profile | publisher=[[United Nations]] | access-date=31 July 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727070348/http://www.un.int/nauru/countryprofile.html | archive-date=27 July 2013 }}

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