The following are the telephone codes in Tanzania.

Format

+255 XXX XXX XXX or +255XX XXX XXXX calling from outside Tanzania 0XXX XXX XXX or 0XX XXX XXXX - calling within Tanzania The NSN length is nine digits. Subscriber Number length under 2X, 4X, 6X and 7X NDCs is 7 digits. Subscriber Number length under 8XY and 90X NDCs is 6 digits.

Calls between Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda

Calls to Kenya and Uganda require a regional prefix rather than having to use full international dialling. To call Kenya from Tanzania, subscribers dial 005 instead of +254, while to call Uganda, they dial 006 rather instead of +256. To call Tanzania from Kenya and Uganda, subscribers dial 007 instead of +255.

Until 1999, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda shared a telephone numbering plan, in which subscribers were only required to dial the trunk code, area code and number. In that year, Tanzania adopted a new numbering plan.

Geographic number for fixed telephony services (area codes)

LIST OF ALLOCATIONS Area Code Region 20 [spare area code] 21 [spare area code] 22 Dar es Salaam Region 23 Lindi, Morogoro, Mtwara, & Pwani Regions 24 Zanzibar (Mjini Magharibi, Pemba North, Pemba South, Unguja North, & Unguja South Regions) 25 Katavi, Mbeya, Rukwa, Ruvuma, & Songwe Regions 26 Dodoma, Iringa, Njombe, Singida, & Tabora Regions 27 Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Manyara, & Tanga Regions 28 Geita, Kagera, Kigoma, Mara, Mwanza, Shinyanga, & Simiyu Regions 29 [spare area code]

VoIP services VoIP services begin with 41: LIST OF ALLOCATIONS Prefix Usage and operator 41 11 Africa Online 41 12 SimbaNET 41 14 Six Telecoms 41 15 Startel / Raha

Non-geographic numbers for corporate networks Non-geographic numbers for corporate networks start with 5.

Mobile telephone numbers See also Telecommunications in Tanzania#Telephones

Mobile numbers start with 6 or 7:

LIST OF ALLOCATIONS Non-geographic number for mobile telephony services – (Find Me Anywhere) Prefix Operator Trading as Operational 61 Viettel Tanzania Limited halotel yes 62 Viettel Tanzania Limited halotel no 63 Mkulima African Telecommunication Company Limited Amotel no 64 Wiafrica Tanzania Limited CooTel no 65 MIC Tanzania Limited tiGo yes 66 Smile Communications Tanzania Limited smile yes 67 MIC Tanzania Limited tiGo yes 68 Airtel Tanzania Limited airtel yes 69 Airtel Tanzania Limited airtel yes 71 MIC Tanzania Limited tiGo yes 72 MO Mobile Holding Limited no 73 Tanzania Telecommunications Company Ltd TTCL yes 74 Vodacom Tanzania Limited Vodacom yes 75 Vodacom Tanzania Limited Vodacom yes 76 Vodacom Tanzania Limited Vodacom yes 77 MIC Tanzania Limited tiGo yes 78 Airtel Tanzania Limited airtel yes 79 Vodacom Tanzania Limited Vodacom yes

Special and premium-rate numbers Non-geographic numbering begins 8 or 9: LIST OF ALLOCATIONS Prefix Usage 800 Allocated for national toll-free services 808 Allocated for international toll-free services 840 Allocated for national shared-cost services on fixed network 860 Allocated for national toll-rate services on fixed network 861 Allocated for national special rates on fixed network 90X Allocated for national premium services

Short codes LIST OF ALLOCATIONS Prefix Usage 110 Emergency services for Lake Victoria and other water bodies 111 Crime Stoppers 112 Police Emergency 113 Anti-corruption 114 Fire services 115 Ambulance Services 116 Child Help Line 117 Health Help Line 118 Safety in National Parks and Game Reserves 119 Anti-Drugs 123 Voice Mail Retrieval 124 Indirect Voice Mail Deposit/ Retrieval 180 Electricity services (TANESCO) 181 Water & Sewage services 182 Fault reporting on the ICT backbone 183 Gas 190 Disaster Services 199 Afya Call center (Health emergency, education, and information services)

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