Calling and Area Codes

South Africa's telephone area code 016 (or +27 16 in international format) is Vereeniging, Gauteng.

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

Telephone country codes never begin with zero.

Country code +882, dialed as 008 82 from many places, is for "international networks." The next two digits identify the specific network, including regional satellite telephones and other uses. Note that charges to call country code +882 may vary significantly depending on which network you are calling, and may be substantially higher than most international calls.

Country code +82, dialed as 008 82 from many places, is South Korea.

To avoid confusion, it is best to write an international telephone number in correct international format, beginning with the plus symbol and the correct telephone country code (e.g., +882 or +82), omitting any dialing prefix.

(The plus signmeans "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

Finland is telephone country code +358, and Helsinki is Finnish area code 09, which becomes +358 9 in international format.

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

The Caribbean nation of St. Kitts and Nevis is part of the North American Numbering Plan, country code +1. All of St. Kitts and Nevis uses area code +1 869.

Calls to or from the USA, Canada, and other parts of the NANP are dialed "one plus," the same as domestic calls, but international call charges will apply.

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

Country code +228 (dialed as 00 228 from many places) is Togo in West Africa.

Landline numbers in Lomé (the capital) begin with +228 2.

Other landline numbers begin with +228 32, +228 33, +228 44, +228 55, +228 66, or +228 77.

Mobile numbers begin with +228 0, +228 5, +228 6, +228 7, +228 8, or +228 9 (except the landline ranges shown above). Note that for Togo mobile numbers beginning with +228 0, you do not drop the leading 0 from the Togolese number (as you do for most other countries) when calling from abroad.

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

Country code +239 (dialed as 00 239 from many places) is Sao Tome and Principe, or São Tomé e Príncipe in Portuguese, an island nation off the western equatorial coast of Africa.

Landline numbers begin with +239 22.

Mobile numbers begin with +239 98 or +239 99.

All numbers have 7 digits after the country code +239.

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

Johannesburg is area codes 010 and 011 from within South Africa. In international format, that's +27 10 and +27 11. Both area codes serve the entire Johannesburg area.

When calling from outside South Africa, drop the trunk prefix '0' from the beginning of the area code and replace it with country code +27. The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix (e.g., 00, 011, 010, 009, 8~10) here."

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

France is country code +33, dialed as 00 33 or 011 33 from many places.

Paris is area code 01 within France, or +33 1internationally. The rest of the number is 8 more digits.

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

The country code for India is +91 (dialed as 00 91 from many places).

When calling from outside India, you must drop the trunk prefix '0' from the beginning of the Indian number. For example, Mumbai's area code 022 becomes +91 22. Large cities have two-digit area codes, smaller cities have 3-digit codes, and rural areas may have 4-digit codes, not counting the trunk prefix 0.

Mobile numbers begin with +91 7, +91 8, or +91 9. Each 4-digit mobile code (e.g., +91 9123) is assigned to one of 22 geographic zones, but there is no correlation between those mobile codes and the geographic landline area codes for the same region. Note also that there are some geographic landline area codes that begin with +91 7 or +91 8.

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)