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2021: Which Country Celebrates New Year First And Who's Last? by Gemid94(m): 4:09pm On Dec 30, 2020 |
New Year celebrations come at different intervals from one country to another - but which nation kicks off the New Year first? With 2021 arriving at different times across the globe, here's a breakdown on who rings in the New Year first and last. Using Nigeria time, this is when the world will welcome 2021: Samoa and Christmas Island/Kiribati will be the first countries to welcome 2021. Information has it that, they will ring in the New Year at exactly 11am on December 31, 2020. Others are as follows; 11:15am - New Zealand 2pm - Most of Australia 4pm - Japan, South Korea and North Korea 5pm - China, Philippines, Singapore 6pm - Thailand, Cambodia and large parts of Indonesia 7pm - Bangladesh 7.15pm - Nepal 7.30pm - India and Sri Lanka 8pm - Pakistan 9pm - Azerbaijan 9.30pm - Iran 10pm - Turkey, Iraq, Kenya and most of Russia 11pm - Greece, Romania, South Africa, Hungary and other central and eastern European cities Please note, Nigeria has the same time with Germany, France, Italy, Algeria, Belgium, and Spain. Hence, they're expected to welcome 2021 by 12:00am on January 1. The following countries are expected to welcome 2021 shortly after Nigeria. They include: UK, Ireland, Ghana, Iceland, and Portugal We have the following countries on the last log; 3am - Regions of Brazil 4am - Argentina, regions of Brazil, Chile, Paraguay 5am - Some regions of Canada, Bolivia, Puerto Rico 6am - Eastern Standard Time in the US - New York, Washington, Detroit and Cuba 7am - Central Standard Time in the US - Chicago 8am - Mountain Standard Time in the US - Colorado, Arizona 9am - Pacific Standard Time in the US - LA, Nevada 10am - Alaska 11am - Hawaii 12pm - American Samoa The last countries to welcome 2021 will be Baker Island and Howland Island respectively. http://community.vanguardngr.com/forum/topics/2021y
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Re: 2021: Which Country Celebrates New Year First And Who's Last? by Ussycool: 4:31pm On Dec 30, 2020 |
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Re: 2021: Which Country Celebrates New Year First And Who's Last? by Realtord43: 4:38pm On Dec 30, 2020 |
Nigeria should be the last to celebrate New Year cause as long buhari remained president, there is nothing worthy to celebrate in NIGERIA 1 Like |
Re: 2021: Which Country Celebrates New Year First And Who's Last? by Homeboiy: 4:39pm On Dec 30, 2020 |
You try |
Re: 2021: Which Country Celebrates New Year First And Who's Last? by nony43(m): 8:36am On Dec 31, 2020 |
Make i assume say God go come for New Zealand first |
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