Telephone numbers in Sri Lanka
Appearance
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Location | |
---|---|
Country | Sri Lanka |
Continent | Asia |
Regulator | Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka |
Type | Open |
NSN length | 7 |
Format | 0AA-NNN NNNN (10 digits) |
Access codes | |
Country code | +94 |
International access | 00 |
Long-distance | 0 |
Emergency Services[1]
- 110 - Fire and Rescue Service
- 112 - Police Emergency Service (Mobile)
- 114 - Operational Commander Colombo (Sri Lanka Army)
- 116 - Sri Lanka Air Force Emergency Service
- 117 - Disaster Management Call Centre
- 118 - National Help Desk (Ministry of Defence)
- 119 - Police Emergency Service
- 1990 - Emergency ambulance service
4 Digit Short Codes
- Short Codes in 19XX Range for Government Organizations
- Short Codes in 13XX Range for Private Sector Organizations
Operator Hotlines
- 1755 - Airtel[2]
- 1777 - Dialog[3]
- 1788 - Hutch[4]
- 1575 - Lanka Bell[5]
- 1212 - SLT-MOBITEL[6]
- 1717 - SLT-MOBITEL[7]
Fixed line (landline) codes
Fixed Telephone numbers in Sri Lanka consist of 10-digits in the xxx y zzzzzz format where:
- "xxx" represents the area code. All area codes begin with 0.
- "y" represents the operator code for fixed (landline) numbers.
- "zzzzzz" represents the main telephone number of six digits.
Area codes
Province | District | Area | Area Code |
---|---|---|---|
Western | Colombo | Colombo | 011 |
Western | Colombo | Avissawella | 036 |
Western | Gampaha | Negombo | 031 |
Western | Gampaha | Gampaha | 033 |
Western | Kalutara | Panadura | 038 |
Western | Kalutara | Kalutara | 034 |
Central | Kandy | Kandy | 081 |
Central | Kandy | Nawalapitiya | 054 |
Central | Nuwara Eliya | Hatton | 051 |
Central | Nuwara Eliya | Nuwara Eliya | 052 |
Central | Matale | Matale | 066 |
Southern | Galle | Galle | 091 |
Southern | Matara | Matara | 041 |
Southern | Hambantota | Hambantota | 047 |
Northern | Jaffna | Jaffna | 021 |
Northern | Mannar | Mannar | 023 |
Northern | Vavuniya | Vavuniya | 024 |
Eastern | Ampara | Ampara | 063 |
Eastern | Batticaloa | Batticaloa | 065 |
Eastern | Ampara | Kalmunai | 067 |
Eastern | Trincomalee | Trincomalee | 026 |
North Central | Anuradhapura | Anuradhapura | 025 |
North Central | Polonnaruwa | Polonnaruwa | 027 |
North Western | Puttalam | Chilaw | 032 |
North Western | Kurunegala | Kurunegala | 037 |
Uva | Monaragala | Monaragala | 055 |
Uva | Badulla | Badulla | 055 |
Uva | Badulla | Bandarawela | 057 |
Sabaragamuwa | Ratnapura | Ratnapura | 045 |
Sabaragamuwa | Kegalle | Kegalle | 035 |
Operator codes
Area code | Operator code |
Operator | Type |
---|---|---|---|
0xx | 0 | Lanka Bell | Fixed LTE |
1 | Unallocated | — | |
2 | SLT-MOBITEL | Fixed Fibre/Copper | |
3 | Fixed CDMA/LTE | ||
4 | Dialog | Fixed LTE | |
5 | Lanka Bell | Fixed CDMA | |
6 | Unallocated | — | |
7 | Dialog | Fixed LTE | |
8 | Unallocated | — | |
9 | Tritel | Public Payphones |
Mobile operator codes
Code | Operator |
---|---|
070 | SLT-MOBITEL |
071 | |
072 | Hutch |
073 | Unallocated |
074 | Dialog |
075 | Airtel |
076 | Dialog |
077 | |
078 | Hutch |
079 | Unallocated |
Mobile numbers in Sri Lanka consist of 10-digits in the xxx zzzzzzz format where:
- "xxx" represents the mobile operator code when contacting a mobile number. All mobile operator codes begin with 07.
- "zzzzzzz" represents the main telephone number of seven digits.
Dialling into Sri Lanka
To Fixed telephone
To dial into Sri Lanka from abroad callers must use the +94 xx y zzzzzz format where:
- "+" is the international call prefix (usually 00).
- "94" is Sri Lanka's country code.
- "xx" represents the area code. (i.e. omitting the leading 0 used when calling inside Sri Lanka)
- "y" represents the operator code.
- "zzzzzz" represents the main telephone number of six digits.
To Mobile phone
To dial into Sri Lanka from abroad callers must use the +94 xx zzzzzzz format where:
- "+" is the international call prefix (usually 00).
- 94[9] is Sri Lanka's country code.
- "xx" represents the mobile operator code (i.e. omitting the leading 0 used when calling inside Sri Lanka).
- "zzzzzzz" represents the main telephone number of seven digits.
See also
- Telecommunications in Sri Lanka
- ISO 3166-2:LK
- Postal codes in Sri Lanka
- Subdivisions of Sri Lanka
- Registered Public Pay Phone Services
References
- ^ "Emergency Services". www.srilanka.travel.
- ^ "Airtal - Contact Us". www.airtel.lk.
- ^ "Dialog - Hotline Tariffs". www.dialog.lk.
- ^ "Hutch".
- ^ "Lanka Bell - Contact Us". lankabell.com/.
- ^ "Contact Us - General Feedback". www.slt.lk.
- ^ "Mobitel - Contact Us". www.mobitel.lk.
- ^ "Sri Lankan Dialing Area Code Numbers". Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ^ "Welcome to Sri Lanka Telecom | SLT.LK". www.slt.lk. Retrieved 2020-11-21.