.svg) Location of Namibia in Africa | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Country | Namibia |
| Continent | Africa |
| Access codes | |
| Country code | +264 |
| International access | 00 |
| Long-distance | 0 |
Namibia's telephone numbering plan was originally devised when the country, then known as South West Africa, was under South African administration, and integrated into the South African telephone numbering plan.[1]
Area codes beginning with 06 were allocated to Namibia, including Walvis Bay, a South African exclave, which was not transferred to Namibian sovereignty until 1994.
Following Namibia's independence in 1990, direct dialing between Namibia and South Africa was discontinued, and calls were classed as international. Consequently, subscribers were required to use the international access code and country calling code, omitting the trunk code 0. Namibia had already been allocated its own country code by the International Telecommunication Union, +264, in the late 1960s.[2]
- Windhoek, Namibia to Johannesburg, South Africa
- Before 1992: 011 xxx xxxx
- After 1992: 00 27 11 xxx xxxx[3]
- Johannesburg, South Africa to Windhoek, Namibia
- Before 1992: 061 xxx xxx
- After 1992: 09 264 61 xxx xxx[4]
- After Jan 2007: 00 26461 xxx xxx[5]
- ^ South West Africa & Walvis Bay - Suidwes-Afrika & Walvisbaai, Department of Posts and Telecommunications, 1976
- ^ White Book, Volume 2, Part 1, International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee, International Telecommunication Union, 1969, page 29
- ^ Namibia Trade Directory, Volume 5, Advantage Promotions, 1999
- ^ Official South African Municipal Yearbook, S.A. Association of Municipal Employees, 1995, page 1161
- ^ The phone book: Cape peninsula, Telkom, Universal Web Printers, 2007, page 49