Calling to Angola
- A leading '+' in the phone number means 'dial your country's exit code'.
- Calling from a mobile phone: dial from on the country where you're currently located.
- Calling from a VoIP or satellite phone: dial from on the country where the phone is registered.
… to a mobile (cellular) phone or text (sms)
Use the same call sequence.
Mobile phone numbers begin with ‘9’.
When calling a mobile phone user, call to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person is currently roaming.
… to a VoIP phone
Use the same call sequence.
When calling a VoIP phone user, call to the country where the VoIP phone is registered, regardless of where the person is currently roaming.
… to a satellite phone
Angola does not have a country-specific satellite phone system.
Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their call sequence.
… sending a fax
Use the same call sequence.
Calling within Angola (domestic dialing)
Dial the entire nine digit phone number for all calls within Angola. There is no trunk number used when calling within Angola.
| nine-digit number |
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Angolan phone numbers explained
Number details
Angolan numbers are nine digits.
First one to three digits represent a geographic area of the country.
Mobile numbers are represented by area codes starting with 9.
An example of an Angolan phone number
The Executive Hotel Samba lists its phone number in Luanda as +244 914783909.
Number explanation
| 244 | 91 | 4783909 |
| country code for Angola | signifies a mobile phone number | remainder of the phone number |
Local example – calling from another location in Luanda, Angola
Dial the entire phone number for all calls within Angola.
| 9 | 14783909 |
| signifies a mobile phone number | remainder of the phone number |
Long distance example – calling from Mlavinga, Angola (on the other side of the country)
Dial the entire phone number for all calls within Angola.
| 9 | 14783909 |
| signifies a mobile phone number | remainder of the phone number |
Mobile phone example – calling from Mlavinga, Angola (on the other side of the country)
Dial the entire phone number for all calls within Angola.
| 9 | 14783909 |
| signifies a mobile phone number | remainder of the phone number |
International example – calling from outside Angola
To call from outside Angola, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Angola’s country code of ‘244’, followed by the local phone number.
| exit code | 244 | 9 | 14783909 |
| exit code of the country the call is dialed from | country code for Angola | signifies a mobile phone number | remainder of the phone number |
Calling from Angola
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international call from Angola.
Sources and more resources
- Telecomunicações Ministério das Telecomunicações e Tecnologias (MTTI)– Angola’s telephone systems regulator.
- ITU (International Telecommunications Union) – United Nations specialized agency for information and communications technologies
- International Telecommunications Union – DIALLING PROCEDURES (INTERNATIONAL PREFIX, NATIONAL (TRUNK) PREFIX AND NATIONAL (SIGNIFICANT) NUMBER) (IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITU-T RECOMMENDATION E.164 (11/2010)) – A A collection of dialing procedures for all countries and regions of the world. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- International Telecommunications Union – Angola (country code +244) National Numbering Plan – Details of Angola’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in Angola – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Angola. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – The Phonebook – Angola – Entry for Angola in the British Telecom international directory.