Telephone numbers in South Sudan

"+211" redirects here. For other uses, see 211 (disambiguation).
Telephone numbers in South Sudan
Location
CountrySouth Sudan
ContinentAfrica
Access codes
Country code+211
International access00

South Sudan uses a two digit mobile code along with a seven digit phone number. For international calls, South Sudan has been assigned the +211 code by the International Telecommunication Union.

Before the secession in 2011, the area, later to be known as South Sudan, used Sudan's country-level calling code. After its secession as an independent state on 9 July 2011, South Sudan continued to use the country-level calling code of Sudan +249 until 1 October 2011. The United Nations recognized South Sudan on 14 July 2011, and in so the United Nations suggested the country-level calling code to become active by 16 July 2011.[1] The calling code went "live" on 1 October 2011.[2]

  1. ^ "New country, new number: Country code 211 officially assigned to South Sudan" (Press release). International Telecommunication Union. 14 July 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  2. ^ "South Sudan Code +211 Goes Live". Gurtong. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.