Current Date And Time In Sud-Ouest, Burkina Faso
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
14:30:53 GMT
Capital: Gaoua
Currency: West African CFA Franc (XOF)
Timezone: UTC +00:00 (GMT)
Population: 912,000
Area: 16,153.00 km²
State Code: SOU
Planning business schedules or travel in Sud-Ouest, Burkina Faso? Here is the complete public holiday reference for Sud-Ouest, detailing official statutory observances and bank non-working days.
Public administration, schools, and financial institutions in Sud-Ouest observe these official holiday dates to mark statutory national and regional occasions. In Sud-Ouest, statutory fixed-date public holidays (including Fête Nationale (Proclamation of Republic) on December 11) mandate official non-working status for banks and government departments.
This is Burkina Faso's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Burkina Faso's country-level holiday page — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply uniformly across Sud-Ouest and the rest of Burkina Faso, not a separate Sud-Ouest-specific calendar.
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These are Burkina Faso's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Burkina Faso's country holiday page — mandated by national labor law and applicable across every state and city in Burkina Faso, including Sud-Ouest. These non-working days apply to government administrative offices, commercial banking institutions, and schools statewide.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fête Nationale (Proclamation of Republic) | December 11 | National Holiday | Full National Closure | www.sig.gov.bf |
Statutory holidays landing on a Monday, Friday, Tuesday or Thursday create a long-weekend opportunity — here's what's coming up.
| Holiday | Date | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Fête Nationale (Proclamation of Republic) | Fri, Dec 11, 2026 | Automatic 3-day weekend |
Public offices, banks and schools throughout Sud-Ouest close on the same fixed-date statutory holidays observed nationwide, since public holidays in Burkina Faso are a matter of national labor law rather than state-by-state decree.
When a fixed statutory public holiday falls on a weekend in Sud-Ouest, government gazette decrees often designate the adjacent Monday as an official substitute non-working day.
As Sud-Ouest's capital, Gaoua observes the identical statutory calendar — there's no separate capital-city holiday list distinct from the rest of Sud-Ouest.