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Public holidays in Togo are days when workers in the Togolese Republic get the day off work. [1] [2] ... Independence Day: From France, 1960 ... Variable dates. 2020.
History of Togo: Events in the year 2025 in Togo. Incumbents ... 27 April – Independence Day; 1 May – Labour Day; 29 May – Ascension Day; 6 June – Tabaski;
Independence Day: 7 August: 1960 France: Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July. [15] Jamaica: Independence Day: 6 August: 1962 United Kingdom: Independence of Jamaica. Japan: National Foundation Day: 11 February: 660 BCE Jordan: Independence Day: 25 May: 1946 United Kingdom Emirate of Transjordan Mandate for Palestine
On 13 October 1958 the French government announced that full independence would be granted. [7] On 14 November 1958 the United Nations’ General Assembly took note of the French government's declaration according to which Togo which was under French administration would gain independence in 1960, thus marking an end to the trusteeship period. [8]
The Independence Monument (French: Monument de l'Indépendance) in Lomé, the capital of Togo, was built as a tribute to the country's independence from France on 27 April 1960. It features a white bust of a woman holding up a cooking pot, in front of a silhouette of a figure holding up their arms as if they were breaking chains that shackled ...
1 January – New Year's Day; 13 January – Liberation Day; 1 April – Easter Monday; 10 April – Korité; 27 April – Independence Day; 1 May – Labour Day; 9 May – Ascension Day; 20 May – Whit Monday; 16 June – Tabaski; 21 June – Martyrs' Day; 15 August – Assumption Day; 1 November – All Saints' Day; 25 December – Christmas Day
Togo, [a] officially the Togolese Republic, [b] is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west , Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north . [ 11 ] It is one of the least developed countries and extends south to the Gulf of Guinea , where its capital , Lomé , is located. [ 11 ]
Independence restored after period of Spanish rule. Independence initially declared from Spain in 1821 as the Republic of Spanish Haiti, and from Haiti in 1844 with the current name. July 1, 1867 United Kingdom Canada: Britain continued to exercise some level of control until the Statute of Westminster.