Telephone numbers in Tanzania

Telephone numbers in Tanzania
Tanzania (dark green)
CountryTanzania
ContinentAfrica
RegulatorTanzania Communications Regulatory Authority
Country code+255
International access000
Long-distance0

The following are the telephone codes in Tanzania.

Format

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

VoIP services

VoIP services begin with 41:

LIST OF ALLOCATIONS
PrefixUsage and operator
41 11Africa Online
41 12SimbaNET
41 14Six Telecoms
41 15Startel / 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)

PrefixOperatorTrading asOperational
61Viettel Tanzania Limitedhalotelyes
62Viettel Tanzania Limitedhalotelno
63Mkulima African Telecommunication Company LimitedAmotelno
64Wiafrica Tanzania LimitedCooTelno
65MIC Tanzania LimitedtiGoyes
66Smile Communications Tanzania Limitedsmileyes
67MIC Tanzania LimitedtiGoyes
68Airtel Tanzania Limitedairtelyes
69Airtel Tanzania Limitedairtelyes
71MIC Tanzania LimitedtiGoyes
72MO Mobile Holding Limitedno
73Tanzania Telecommunications Company LtdTTCLyes
74Vodacom Tanzania LimitedVodacomyes
75Vodacom Tanzania LimitedVodacomyes
76Vodacom Tanzania LimitedVodacomyes
77MIC Tanzania LimitedtiGoyes
78Airtel Tanzania Limitedairtelyes
79Vodacom Tanzania LimitedVodacomyes

Special and premium-rate numbers

Non-geographic numbering begins 8 or 9:

LIST OF ALLOCATIONS
PrefixUsage
800Allocated for national toll-free services
808Allocated for international toll-free services
840Allocated for national shared-cost services on fixed network
860Allocated for national toll-rate services on fixed network
861Allocated for national special rates on fixed network
90XAllocated for national premium services

Short codes

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

References

  1. 1 2 "National Numbering Plan" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. August 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "National Numbering Plans: Tanzania" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. 22 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "National Numbering Plans: Tanzania" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 Tanzania, Communication Regulatory Authority (July 2025). "National Numbering and Signaling Point Codes Plans" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. Retrieved 16 March 2026.