Calling to Tunisia
- 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 ‘2’, ‘4’, ‘5’, and ‘9’.
When calling a mobile phone user, dial to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person is 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 roaming.
… to a satellite phone
Tunisia does not have a country-specific phone system.
Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their own call sequence.
… sending a fax
Use the same call sequence.
Calling within Tunisia (domestic dialing)
Dial the entire phone number as it is listed. There is no long distance or trunk prefix used when calling domestically in Tunisia.
| eight digits |
| local phone number |
Tunisian phone numbers explained
Number details
Tunisian phone numbers are eight digits.
The first digit signifies whether the phone number is a land-line or mobile phone.
Landline (fixed line) phone numbers begin with the digit ‘7’. The second digit of a landline phone number signifies a geographic area of the country.
Mobile numbers start with a ‘9’, ‘4’, ‘2’, or ‘5’. Each starting digit signifies a different mobile carrier.
An example of a Tunisian phone number
The Hotel Belvedere Fourati lists its phone number in Tunis as +216 71 783 133.
Phone number example
| 216 | 71 | 783 133 |
| country code for Tunisia | geographic (area) code for Tunis | remainder of the local phone number |
Local example – calling from another location in Tunis, Tunisia
Dial the full eight digit phone number for all phone calls within Tunisia.
| 71 | 783 133 |
| geographic (area) code for Tunis | remainder of the local phone number |
Long distance example – calling from Zarzis, Tunisia (on the other side of the country)
Dial the full eight digit phone number for all calls within Tunisia.
| 71 | 783 133 |
| geographic (area) code for Tunis | remainder of the local phone number |
Mobile phone example – calling from a mobile phone (including a foreign mobile roaming in Tunisia)
Dial the full eight digit phone number for all calls within Tunisia.
| 71 | 783 133 |
| geographic (area) code for Tunis | remainder of the local phone number |
International example – calling from outside Tunisia
To call from outside Tunisia, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Tunisia’s country code of ‘216’, followed by the local phone number.
| exit code | 216 | 71 | 783 133 |
| exit code of the country the call is dialed from | country code for Tunisia | geographic (area) code for Tunis | remainder of the local phone number |
Calling from Tunisia
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international call from Tunisia.
Sources and more resources
- Instance Nationale des Télécommunications de Tunisie (INTT)– Tunisia’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 collection of dialing procedures for all countries and regions of the world. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- International Telecommunications Union – Tunisia (country code +216) National Numbering Plan – Details of Tunisia’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in Tunisia – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Tunisia. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – The Phonebook – Tunisia – Entry for Tunisia in the British Telecom international directory.