🇿🇦 South Africa Area Code
Area Code, Long-distance Call VoIP, Mobile/Cellular Locator and Telephone Number of South Africa.
🔗 References:
- Wikipedia: South Africa 🇿🇦
- Postal code of South Africa
South Africa International Dialing Code
- Name: South Africa 🇿🇦
- Code: 27, also +27, 0027, 00 27, 00-27, +27-, +0027, 027, 00027, 011-27 etc.
General Information
- South Africa country code: 27
- Trunk Prefix: 0
- International Prefix: 00
- Number Details: South African numbers are nine digits (10 including a leading‘0’that is dropped when calling from outside the country). The first digit (not including a leading‘0’) designates whether the phone number is a mobile or landline. The second digit of a landline phone number is part of an area code that designates a geographic part of the country. Mobile numbers are represented by area codes starting with 6, 7, and 8. The second digit of a mobile phone is part of a carrier code that designates the mobile carrier.
An example of a South African phone number
The Apartheid Museum lists its phone number in Johannesburg as +27 11 309 4700.
Detail of Numbering Plan
Geographic Number
Digits | Area or Status |
010 | Johannesburg region |
011 | |
012 | Tshwane region(including Pretoria) |
013 | Nothern and western parts of Mpunmalanga(including Middleburg, Witbank and Nelspruit) |
014 | Nothern part of North West and southern and western parts of Limpopo(including Rustenburg and Nylstroom) |
015 | Nothern and eastern parts of Limpopo(including Polokwane) |
016 | Vaal Triangle(including Vereeniging, Vanderbijlpark and Sasolburg |
017 | Southern part of Mpumalanga(including Ermelo) |
018 | Southern part of North West(including Potchefstroom and Klerksdorp) |
019 | Protected |
020 | Southern part of Northern Cape(including Fraserberg) and the North-Eastern part of the Western Cape(including Leeugamka and Merweville) |
021 | Cape Town region(including Stellenbosch, Somerset West and Gordons Bay |
022 | Western coast of Western Cape and Boland(including Malmesbury) |
023 | Karoo(including Worcester and Beaufort West) |
024 | Protected |
025 | |
026 | |
027 | Namaqualand(including Vredendal, Calvinia, Clanwilliam, Springbok, Alexander Bay and Port Nolloth |
028 | Southern coast of Western Cape(including Swellendam, Caledon and Hermanus |
029 | Protected |
030 | |
031 | Durban region |
032 | KwaZulu Natal central coast(including Stanger) |
033 | KwaZulu Natal Midlands(including Pietermaritzburg) |
034 | Northern KwaZulu Natal(including Vryheid and Newcastle) |
035 | Zululand(including St. Lucia and Richards Bay) |
036 | Drakensberg(including Ladysmith) |
037 | Protected |
038 | |
039 | Eastern Pondoland and southern coast of KwaZulu Natal(including Port Shepstone) |
040 | Bhisho region |
041 | Port Elizabeth region(including Uitenhage) |
042 | Southern and central parts of Eastern Cape(including Humansdorp) |
043 | East London region |
044 | Garden Route(including Oudtshoorn, Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Mossel Bay and George) |
045 | Northern and eastern parts of Eastern Cape(including Queenstown) |
046 | Southern and eastern parts of Eastern Cape(including Grahamstown) |
047 | Eastern part of Eastern Cape(including Mthatha) |
048 | Northen part of Eastern Cape(including Steynsburg) |
049 | Western part of Eastern Cape(including Graaff-Reinet) |
050 | Protected |
051 | Southern and central parts of Free State(including Bloemfontein) and far eastern part of Eastern Cape(including Aliwal North) |
052 | Protected |
053 | Eastern part of Northern Cape(including Kimberley) and far western part of North West |
054 | Gordonia(including Upington) |
055 | Protected |
056 | Northern part of Free State(including Kroonstad) |
057 | Free State Goldfields(including Welkom) |
058 | Eastern part of Free State(including Bethlehem) |
059 | Protected |
Non-geographic Number
Digits | Signature or Status |
060 | Mobile Services |
061 | |
062 | |
063 | |
064 | |
065 | |
066 | Protected |
067 | |
068 | |
069 | |
070 | Mobile Services |
071 | |
072 | |
073 | |
074 | |
075 | Protected |
076 | Mobile Services |
077 | |
078 | |
079 | |
080 | Toll Free Services |
081 | Mobile Services |
082 | |
083 | |
084 | |
085 | Protected |
086 | Inbuound Services |
087 | Voice over the internet services(VoIP) |
088 | Future non-geographic services |
089 | Mass Calling |
090 | Premium rate services |
091 | Protected |
092 | |
093 | |
094 | |
095 | |
096 | Machine related services |
097 | |
098 | |
099 | Protected |
Important Numbers
Number | Service category |
10111 | Police |
999 | Medical |
Dialing Plan
Domestic Dialing
- For local call: 0 - area code - local phone number
- For long distance call: 0 - area code - local phone number
Foreign Dialing
- To call South Africa from abroad: exit code - 27 - local phone number(exit code can also be written as “+”)
- To call abroad from South Africa: 00 - country code - area code - phone number
External Links
Reference Links
- AreaCodeBase: South Africa Areacode Database
- PostCodeBase: South Africa Postcode Database
- YouBianKu: South Africa Postal Code Database
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