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Nowruz

Nowruz
نوروز
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Table set with Haft-Seen items at a 2008 White House ceremony for Nowruz
Also called Albanian: Novruzit
Azerbaijani: Novruz
Dari: نوروزNauruz
Georgian: ნავრუზი Navruzi
Gujarati: નવરોઝ Navarōjha
Kazakh: Наурыз Nawrız
Kurdish: Newroz
Kyrgyz: Нооруз Nooruz
Ossetian: Новруз Novruz
Pashto: نوروزNawróz
Tajik: Наврӯз Navrūz
Tati: Nuruz
Turkish: Nevruz
Uzbek: Navruz
Observed by

 Iran
 Afghanistan
 Albania
 Azerbaijan
 China (by Tajiks and Turkic peoples)
 Georgia
 India (by Parsis)
 Iraq (by Kurds and Turkmens)
 Kazakhstan
 Kyrgyzstan
 Pakistan
 Russia
 Syria (by Kurds)
 Tajikistan
 Turkey
(by Azerbaijanis, Kurds and Yörüks)
 Turkmenistan
 Uzbekistan

Type New Year, national, ethnic, international
Significance New Year holiday
Celebrations Haft-Seen, Charshanbe Suri, Sizdebedar, etc.
Date March 20, 21, or 22
2016 date Sunday 20 March 2016
at 04:30 UTC *
2017 date Monday 20 March 2017
at 10:29 UTC *
2018 date Tuesday 20 March 2018
at 16:15 UTC *
2019 date Wednesday 20 March 2019
at 21:58 UTC *
Frequency annual
Nawrouz, Novruz, Nowrouz, Nowrouz, Nawrouz, Nauryz, Nooruz, Nowruz, Navruz, Nevruz, Nowruz, Navruz
Country Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
Reference 1161
Region
Inscription history
Inscription 2016 (4th session)

 Iran
 Afghanistan
 Albania
 Azerbaijan
 China (by Tajiks and Turkic peoples)
 Georgia
 India (by Parsis)
 Iraq (by Kurds and Turkmens)
 Kazakhstan
 Kyrgyzstan
 Pakistan
 Russia
 Syria (by Kurds)
 Tajikistan
 Turkey
(by Azerbaijanis, Kurds and Yörüks)
 Turkmenistan
 Uzbekistan


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