UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
Telephone Area Codes of Africa

Telephone Area Codes of Africa

DCCL - World Numbering Zone 2 - African countries
22 January 1993
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20  Egypt
        13 Benha
        14 Behenmas
        15 Ashara Ramadan
        16 Sacheia
        16 Salhia
        18 Abu Elnomros
        18 Atfih
        18 El Akhsas
        18 El Ayat
        18 El Badrashein
        18 El Hawamdiah
        18 El Saff
        18 Kafr Amnar
        18 Mazghouna
        2  Cairo
        2  Giza
        2  Heliopolis
        2  Pyramids
        2  Salam City
        3  Alexandria
        3  Maeria
        3  Marsa Matruh (Marsa Matroh?)
        40 Kafr El Zayat
        40 Tanta
        40 Zefta
        43 El Mahallah (El Kubra)
        43 Mahalah El Kubra (Mahallah al-Kubra)
        43 Samanaud
        45 Damanhour
        45 Kafr El Cheikh
        45 Rashid
        45 Zagazig
        47 Foah
        47 Kafr El Sheikh
        48 El Shodada
        48 Shebin El Kom
        50 Belkas
        50 Dekernes
        50 (El) Mansoura
        50 Meet Ghamr
        50 Senbelawin
        50 Sherbin
        55 Abu Kebir
        55 Belbeis
        55 Fakous
        55 Minea El Kamh
        55 Zagazig
        57 Damietta (Bas Al Bar)
        62 Suez
        62 Tour
        64 Fayed
        64 Ismailiya (Ismaila)
        64 Tel El Kebir
        65 El Gharadaga
        66 Port Said
        68 El Arish
        82 Beni Suef
        84 Fayoum
        86 Abu Kirkas
        86 Maghagha
        86 Menia (Minya)
        86 Samalout
        88 Assiout (Asyut)
        88 Dayrout
        93 Gerga
        93 Sohag
        93 Tahta
        95 Luxor
        96 Nag Hammadi
        96 Qena
        97 Aswan
210 unused Morocco
211 unused Morocco
212 Morocco
    [Morocco telephone numbers with area code normally total six digits; that is, Casablanca numbers
    will be six digits. Marrakech has area code 4 plus a 5-digit local number; Mohammedia has area
    code 32 plus a 4-digit local number. Casablanca local numbers are found in the 2xxxxx or 3xxxxx
    range.]
        *  Agadir
        *  Ait Melloul
        *  Casablanca
        *  Inezgane
        1  Kenitra (if 5 digit local number)
        1  Sidi Allal Tazi
        1  Sidi Yahia du Gharb
        16 Kenitra (if 4 digit local number)
        3  Ain Harrouda
        3  Azemmour
        3  El Jadida (if 5 digit local number)
        3  Khemis Zemamia
        3  Sidi Bennour
        3  Zenata
        32 Ben Slimane
        32 Mohammedia
        33 Berrechid
        33 Nouasseur
        34 El Jadida (if 4 digit local number)
        4  Ben Guerir
        4  Marrakech
        40 Loulad
        40 Settat
        41 Boujad
        41 El Kelaa des Sraghna
        46 Safi
        46 Youssoufia
        47 Essaouria
        48 Beni-Mellal
        48 Fkih ben Salah
        49 Khouribga
        5  El Hajeb
        5  Meknes
        5  My Idriss Zerhoun
        50 Sidi Slimane
        51 Rommani
        51 Tiflet
        55 Khemisset
        55 Oulmes
        56 Azrou
        56 Iframe
        57 Errachidia
        58 Khenifra
        58 Midelt
        59 Sidi Kacem
        6  Fes
        6  Imouzzer du Kandar
        6  Sefrou
        6  Sidi Harazem
        60 Nador
        61 Ahfir
        61 Berkane
        61 Saidia
        67 Taza
        68 Oujda
        68 Sidi Yahia d'Oujda
        69 Bouarfa
        69 Figuig
        69 Jerada
        7  Bouknadel
        7  Bouznika
        7  Rabat
        7  Sale
        7  Skhirat
        7  Temara
        8  Agadir
        85 Taroudant
        86 Tiznit
        87 Guelmime
        87 Ifni
        87 Tan Tan
        88 Ouarzazate
        89 Laayoun
        9  Tangier
        90 Ouezzane
        90 Sauk El Arba du Gharb
        91 Ksar el Kebir
        91 Larache
        96 Al Hoceima
        96 Chaouen
        96 Martil
        96 Tetouan
213 Algeria
        2 Algiers (or Alger)
        2 Boumerdes
        2 Tipaza
        3 Blida (Bouira)
        4 Batna (Constantine)
        4 Biskra
        4 El-Oued
        4 Khenchela
        4 Mila
        4 Oum el-Bouaghi
        5 Bejaia (Taher)
        5 Setif
        6 Mascara (Oran)
        6 Mostaganem
        6 Relizane
        7 Sidi-bel-Abbes
        7 Tindouf
        7 Tlemcen
        8 Annaba
        8 Skikda
        9 Laghouat
        9 Ouargla
214 unused Algeria
215 unused Algeria
216 Tunisia
        1 Carthage
        1 Marsa
        1 Tunis
        2 Hammamat (al-Hammamat, Hammamet)
        2 Haouaria
        2 Menzel Bourguiba (Bizerte)
        2 Nabeul
        3 Mahdia
        3 Monastir
        3 Sousse
        4 Sfax
        5 Djerba
        5 Gabes
        7 Kairouan (al-Qayrawan)
217 unused Tunisia
218 Libya
        21 Tripoli
        22 Tripoli International Airport
        23 Ezzaonia
        23 Zawia
        24 Sabratha
        25 Zuara
        51 Misratah (could also be Misuratha, Misurata)
        61 Benghazi
        63 Benina
        81 Derna
        84 El Beida
219 unused Libya
220 (The) Gambia
        * all points
221 Senegal
        * all points
222 Mauritania
        2 all points
223 Mali
        * all points
224 Guinea
        4  Conakry
        51 Labe
        61 Kindia
        68 Mamou
225 Ivory Coast (also called La Cote d'Ivoire)
        * all points
226 Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta)
        * all points
227 Niger
        * all points
228 Togo (Togolese Republic)
        * all points
229 Benin
        * all points
230 Mauritius
        * all points
231 Liberia
        * all points
232 Sierra Leone
    [+ indicates points banned by British Telecom - djcl 28 Nov 1991]
        22 Freetown
        23 Wellington
        232 (some sources claim for points other than those with a city code)
        25 Lungi
        32 Bo +
        42 Kenema +
        52 Makeni
        53 Kono +
233 Ghana
        21  Accra
        221 Tema
        251 Akosombo
        31  Sekondi, Takoradi
        41  Swedru
        42  Cape Coast
        51  Kumasi
        531 Konongo
        561 Ashanti, Mampong
        61  Sunyani
        71  Tamale
        72  Bolgatanga
        743 Bawku
        81  Koforidua
        91  Ho
234 Nigeria
        1  Ikeja
        1  Lagos
        22 Ibadan
        30 Ado Skiti
        31 Ilorin
        34 Akure
        34 Ondo
        37 Iljebu-Ode
        37 Shagamu
        39 Abeokuta
        39 Ilaro
        42 Enugu
        44 Makurdi
        51 Owo
        58 Lokoja
        59 Okitupupa
        60 Sokoto
        62 Kaduna
        64 Kano
        65 Daura
        65 Katsina
        66 Minna
        69 Zaria
        73 Jos
        75 Yola
        76 Maiduguri
        77 Bauchi
        83 Owerri
        84 Port Harcourt
        87 Calabar
        9  Abuja
235 Chad
        * all points
236 Central African Republic
        61 Bangui
        *  formerly all points? ["Area code plus customer's number should consist of 6 digits."]
237 Cameroon
        * all points
238 Cape Verde
        * all points
239 Sao Tome and Principe
        12 Sao Tome
240 Equatorial Guinea
        * all points
241 Gabon (Gabonese Republic)
        * all points
242 Congo (do not confuse with what is now Zaire)
        [Area code plus customer's number should consist of 6 digits.]
        81 Brazzaville
        82 Brazzaville
        83 Brazzaville
        85 Kinkala
        85 Mindouli
        86 Djambala
        86 Gamboma
        86 Plateau Region
        91 Loudima
        91 Loumbomo
        92 Loutete
        92 Madingou
        92 Mouyondzi
        92 Nkayi
        93 Makabana
        94 Pointe Noire
        97 Makoua
        97 Oyo
        98 Impfondo
        98 Ouesso
        98 Owando
243 Zaire (former Republic of the Congo)
        12  Kinshasa
        2   Lubumbashi (6 digit local numbers)
        22  Lubumbashi (5 digit local numbers)
        222 Lubumbashi (4 digit local numbers)
244 Angola
        2 Caeineada
        2 Luanda
245 Guinea-Bissau
        * all points
246 Diego Garcia
        * all points
247 Ascension Island
        * all points
248 Seychelles
        * all points
249 Sudan
        11  Khartoum
        11  Omdurman
        161 Shendi
        21  Atbara
        31  Port Sudan
        51  Wad Medani
        61  Sennar
        71  Kosti
        81  El Obeid
250 Rwanda (Rwandese Republic)
        * all points
251 Ethiopia
        1 Addis Ababa
        1 Akaki
        1 Debre Zeit
        2 Nazareth
        3 Assab
        3 Dessie
        4 Asmara
        4 Makale
        4 Massawa
        5 Dire Dawa
        5 Harrar
        6 Awassa
        6 Shashemene
        7 Jimma
        8 Gondar
252 Somalia
        1 Mogadishu (Mogadiscio)
253 Djibouti
        * all points
254 Kenya
        [Kenya shares an integrated STD code plan with Tanzania and Uganda; STD codes can be used
        among the three country codes, but each can be accessed from abroad through separate country
        codes]
        11   Mombasa
        123  Malindi
        1261 Diani Beach
        145  Machakos
        148  Mgatate
        148  Wundanyi
        150  Athi River
        151  Thika
        154  Karuri
        156  Muranga
        161  Embu
        171  Nyeri
        176  Nanyuki
        2    Nairobi
        2815 Kamiti
        2817 Kahawa
        311  Naivasha
        321  Eldoret
        325  Kitale
        328  Kabarnet
        331  Kakamega
        35   Kisumu
        361  Kericho
        365  Nyahururu
        3671 Gilgil
        37   Nakuru
        381  Kisii
        385  Homa Bay
255 Tanzania (includes Zanzibar)
        [Tanzania shares an integrated STD code plan with Kenya and Uganda; STD codes can be used
        among the three country codes, but each can be accessed through separate country codes]
        51  Dar Es Salaam
        522 Kibaha
        53  Tanga
        54  Chake Chake
        54  Mkoani
        54  Wete
        54  Zanzibar
        55  Moshi
        56  Morogoro
        57  Arusha
        575 Kilimanjaro Airport
        59  Mtwara
        61  Dodoma
        62  Tabora
        64  Iringa
        65  Mbeya
        68  Mwanza
256 Uganda
        [Uganda shares an integrated STD code plan with Kenya and Tanzania;
        STD codes can be used among the three country codes, but each can be accessed through separate
        country codes]
        41   Kampala
        41   Kyambogo
        4182 Bombo
        4183 Lubowa
        4184 Buziga
        4186 Mukono
        42   Entebbe
        43   Jinja
        44   Lugazi
        45   Mbale
        45   Tororo [one source: 4581]
        4581 Nagongera
        4582 Nakaloke
        481  Masaka
        485  Mbarara
        493  Fort Portal
        493  Kasese
257 Burundi
        2  Bujumbura [from British Telecom. 22, 23 listed in other sources]
        30 Ngozi
        40 Gitega
        41 Cibitoke
        42 Bubanza
        43 Muramvya
        50 Bururi
258 Mozambique
        1  Machava
        1  Maputo
        1  Matolai
        21 Chokwe
        22 Xai Xai
        23 Inhambane
        3  Beira
        4  Njuli
        4  Quelimane
        51 Chimoio
        52 Songo
        52 Tete
        6  Nacala
        6  Nampula
259 Zanzibar (this code is assigned in E.163, but use Tanzania, 255 54)
260 Zambia
        1  Chilanga
        1  Chirundu
        1  Chisamba
        1  Chongwe
        1  Kafue
        1  Luangwa
        1  Lusaka
        1  Mumbwa
        1  Namalundu Gorge (Namulundu George?)
        1  Nampundwe
        1  Siavonga
        2  Chambeshi
        2  Chililabombwe
        2  Chingola
        2  Itimpi (Garneton)
        2  Kalulushi
        2  Kawambwa
        2  Kitwe
        2  Luanshya
        2  Mansa
        2  Masaiti
        2  Mpongwe
        2  Mufulira
        2  Mupepetwe
        2  Mwense
        2  Nchelenge
        2  Ndola
        2  Samfya
        3  Livingstone
        32 Choma
        32 Gwembe
        32 Itezhi-Tezhi
        32 Kalomo
        32 Maamba
        32 Mazabuka
        32 Monze
        32 Namwala
        32 Pemba
        4  Chinsali
        4  Isoka
        4  Kasama
        4  Luwingu
        4  Mbala
        4  Mpika
        4  Mporokoso
        4  Mpulungu
        4  Mungwi
        4  Nakonde
        5  Chibombo
        5  Kabwe
        5  Kapiri Mposhi
        5  Mkushi
        5  Serenje
        62 Chadiza
        62 Chipata
        62 Katete
        62 Mfuwe
        62 Sinda
        63 Nyimba
        63 Petauke
        64 Chama
        64 Lundazi
        7  Kalabo
        7  Kaoma
        7  Lukulu
        7  Mongu
        7  Senanga
        8  Chizela
        8  Kabompo
        8  Kasempa
        8  Mufumbwe
        8  Mwinilunga
        8  Solwezi
        8  Zambezi
261 Madagascar
        2 Antananarivo
        4 Moramanga
        5 Tamatave
        7 Fianarantsoa
        8 Diego Suarez
262 Reunion (France)
        * all points
263 Zimbabwe
        13    Victoria Falls
        14    Rutengu [may not yet be converted to automatic]
        14-7  Mwenezi [new exchange, may not be open yet]
        15    Binga
        16    West Nicholson
        17    Filabusi
        18    Dete
        19    (used for international direct dialing)
        20    Mutare (Umtali)
        20-4  Odzi [may not yet be converted to automatic]
        20-5  Penhalonga
        21    Murambinda
        22    Wedza [may not yet be converted to automatic]
        24    Chipangayi
        25    Rusape
        25-82 Headlands [may not yet be converted to automatic]
        25-83 Nyazura [may not yet be converted to automatic]
        26    Chimanimani
        27    Chipinge
        28    Hauna [new exchange, may not be open yet]
        29    Juliasdale
        29-8  Nyanga
        30    Gutu [may not yet be converted to automatic]
        30-8  Chatsworth [was listed as a manual exchange]
        31    Chiredzi
        32    Mvuma [may not be automatic]
        33    Triangle
        34    Jerera [may not yet be converted to automatic]
        35    Mashava
        36    Ngundu [new exchange, may not be open yet]
        38    Nyika [was listed as a manual exchange]
        39    Masvingo (Ft. Victoria)
        4     Harare
        50    Shangani
        51    Zvishavane
        51-7  Mataga
        51-8  Mberengwa [may not yet be converted to automatic]
        52    Shurugwi
        53    Chegutu
        54    Gweru
        54-83 Lalapanzi
        55    Kwekwe
        55-7  Munyati
        55-8  Nkayi [new exchange, may not be open yet]
        56    Chivhu [may not be automatic]
        57    Centenary
        58    Guruve [may not yet be converted to automatic]
        59    Gokwe [may not yet be converted to automatic]>
        60    Mhangura
        61    Kariba
        62    Norton
        62-8  Selous
        63    Makuti
        63-7  Chirundu
        64    Karoi
        65    Beatrice
        66    Banket [may not be automatic]
        66-7  Raffingora [may not yet be converted to automatic]
        66-8  Mutorashanga
        67    Chinhoyi
        68    Kadoma (Gatooma)
        68-7  Sanyati
        68-8  Chakari
        69    Darwendale [may not yet be converted to automatic]
        69-8  Trelawney [may not yet be converted to automatic]
        70    Chitungwiza
        71    Bindura
        71-8  Shamva [may not be automatic]
        72    Mutoku [may not yet be converted to automatic]
        73    Ruwa
        74    Arcturus
        75    Mazowe (Mazoe)
        75-6  Concession
        75-8  Glendale
        76    Mount Darwin [may not yet be converted to automatic]
        77    Mvurwi
        78    Murewa
        79    Marondera
        79-8  Macheke
        80    Plumtree
        81    Hwange (Wankie)
        82    Kezi [was listed as a manual exchange]
        83    Figtree [was listed as a manual exchange]
        83-8  Matopos
        84    Gwanda
        84-8  Colleen Bawn [absent from recent phone book; may be absorbed]
        85    Turk Mine
        86    Beitbridge
        87    Nyamandhlovu
        88    Esigodini
        89    Jotsholo
        89-8  Lupane [was listed as a manual exchange]
        9     Bulawayo
264 Namibia (former South-West Africa)
        61   Industria
        61   Olympia
        61   Windhoek
        6221 Okahandja
        626  J G Strydom Airport
        631  Keetmanshoop
        6331 Luderitz
        6332 Oranjemund
        641  Swakopmund
       [642  Walvisbaai - see South Africa]
        651  Otjiwarongo
        661  Mariental
        671  Tsumeb
        673  Grootfontein (one source: 6731?)
        681  Gobabis
265 Malawi
    [Total of digits should be 6; 3-digit numbers require a preceding area code; 6-digit numbers do
    not require an extra area code. This may be a move to eventually eliminate area codes for dialing
    in Malawi.]
        465 Mulanje
        467 Thyolo
        474 Makwasa
        477 Luchenza
        486 Thornwood
        50  Zomba
        531 Domasi
        532 Liwonde
        533 Thondwe
        534 Namadzi
        664 Njuli
        76  Kanengo
        766 Likuni
        767 Mbabzi
266 Lesotho
    [note: some sources claim no STD codes needed]
        1  Maseru
        21 Roma
        22 Mazenod
        22 Mzenda
        23 Morija
        3  Leribe
        39 Butha Buthe
        4  Mohaleshoek
        49 Quthing
        5  Teyateyaneng
        6  Mafeteng
267 Botswana
        21 Francistown
        31 Gaborone
        33 Lobatse
        34 Kanye
        38 Jwaneng
268 Swaziland
        * all points
269 Comoros and Mayotte (but only useable to reach Mayotte)
        6 Mayotte
27  South Africa  Dialing Codes for South Africa
       
28  spare
290 St. Helena
        [may not be an official  code; listed for use by British Telecom]
291 spare
292 spare
293 spare
294 spare
295 San Marino (not in service yet; has been reached via Italy as 39 541)
296 Trinidad and Tobago (not in service yet; has been reached via +1 809)
297 Aruba (autonomous from the Netherlands Antilles as of 1 Jan 1986)
        8 all points [Bell/Telecom Can. agree on 8 as area code;
                      original list had * or 8]
298 Faroe (Faeroe) Islands (Denmark)
        (via MCI goes as +45)
299 Greenland
        * all points

(Greenland is in World Numbering Zone 3-4, which is out of codes, so 299 is as close to 3 as one can get.--John Covert) (297 and 298 are in another numbering zone.)


From: aaab@jupiter.scs.Ryerson.CA (Al Aab - CNED/W94)
Subject: .  Africa/Egypt/... telephone area codes
Date: 26 Dec 1994 20:33:50 GMT
Message-ID: [3dn9be$21r0@hermes.acs.ryerson.ca]


Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar
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