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Burundi – Country Code 257

LAST UPDATE: July 27th, 2019

Calling to Burundi

  • 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 ’29’ or ‘7’.

When calling a mobile phone user, dial 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, dial to the country where the VoIP phone is registered, regardless of where the person is currently roaming.

… to a satellite phone

Burundi 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 Burundi (domestic dialing)

Dial the entire phone number as it is listed. There is no trunk number used in the Burundi phone system.

eight digits
local phone number

Burundian phone numbers explained

Number details

Burundian numbers are eight digits.

The first digit designates whether the phone is a landline or mobile phone.

Landlines begin with ’22’. The third and fourth digits signify a geographic part of the country.

Mobile phones begin with ’29’ or ‘7’. The second digit represents the mobile phone carrier.

An example of a Burundian phone number

The King’s Conference Center lists its phone number in Bujumbura as (+257) 22 273636.

Number explanation
25722 273636
country code for Burundidesignates a land-line phone numbersignifies a phone number in the rural areasremainder of the phone number
Local example – calling from another location in Bujumbura

Dial the entire eight digit phone number for all calls within Burundi.

22 27thirdone3636
designates a land-line phone numberarea code for the rural areasthirdtwolocal subscriber number

Long distance example – calling from Muyinga, Burundi (on the other side of the country)

Dial the entire eight digit phone number for all calls within Burundi.

22 27thirdone3636
designates a land-line phone numberarea code for the rural areasthirdtwolocal subscriber number

Mobile phone example – calling from a mobile phone (including a foreign mobile roaming in Burundi)

Dial the entire eight digit phone number for all calls within Burundi.

22 27thirdone3636
designates a land-line phone numberarea code for the rural areasthirdtwolocal subscriber number

International example – calling from outside Burundi

To call from outside Burundi, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Burundi’s country code of ‘257’, followed by the local phone number.

[fiveSectionCall firstone=”exit code” firsttwo=”exit code for the country the call is dialed from” secondone=”257″ secondtwo=”country code for Burundi” thirdone=”2″ thirdtwo=”designates a land-line phone number” fourthone=”2 27″ fourthtwo=”area code for the rural areas” fifthone=”3636″ fifthtwo=”local subscriber number”]

Calling from Burundi

’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international call from Burundi.

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