Telephone numbers in the Central African Republic

The following are the telephone codes in the Central African Republic.

Telephone numbers in Central African Republic

Country	Central African Republic
Continent	Africa
Country code	+236
International access	00
Long-distance	n/a

Current calling formats

• +236 XXXX XXXX - from outside the Central African Republic
• XXXX XXXX - from inside the Central African Republic

The NSN length is eight digits.

List of number ranges in the Central African Republic

LIST OF FIXED LINE ALLOCATIONS[1]
Number Range	Service operator	Area
21XX XXXX	Socatel	Bangui area
22XX XXXX	Socatel	Berberati area

LIST OF MOBILE ALLOCATIONS[1]
Number Range	Service operator
70XX XXXX	Acell RCA
75XX XXXX	Telecel
77XX XXXX	Nationlink
72XX XXXX	Orange

LIST OF SPECIAL SERVICE ALLOCATIONS[1]
Number Range	Service operator
8776 XXXX	Invivent

Changes as of 1 November 2007

The Agence chargée de la Régulation des Télécommunications (ART), Bangui, announces the introduction of new resources in the National Numbering Plan (NNP) of the Central African Republic.

The new eight-digit will become effective on Thursday, 1 November 2007, at 0500 hours UTC.

The National Numbering Plan (NNP) will change from six (6) to eight (8) digits in accordance with ITU-T E.164 Recommendation.^[1]

• Mobile telephone service

Operator	Old numbers	New numbers	Examples
Acell RCA	01 XX XX 02 XX XX 40 XX XX 45 XX XX 46 XX XX 80 XX XX 85 XX XX 90 XX XX 95 XX XX 96 XX XX 97 XX XX 98 XX XX 99 XX XX	70 XX XX XX	01 00 00   becomes  70 01 00 00 02 00 00   becomes   70 02 00 00 40 00 00   becomes   70 40 00 00 45 00 00   becomes   70 45 00 00 46 00 00   becomes   70 46 00 00 80 00 00   becomes   70 80 00 00 85 00 00   becomes   70 85 00 00 90 00 00   becomes   70 90 00 00 95 00 00   becomes   70 95 00 00 96 00 00   becomes   70 96 00 00 97 00 00   becomes   70 97 00 00 98 00 00   becomes   70 98 00 00 99 00 00   becomes   70 99 00 00
Telecel	03 XX XX 04 XX XX 05 XX XX 20 XX XX 50 XX XX 54 XX XX 55 XX XX 56 XX XX 57 XX XX 58 XX XX	75 XX XX XX	03 00 00   becomes  75 03 00 00 04 00 00   becomes   75 04 00 00 05 00 00   becomes   75 05 00 00 20 00 00   becomes   75 20 00 00 50 00 00   becomes   75 50 00 00 54 00 00   becomes   75 54 00 00 55 00 00   becomes   75 55 00 00 56 00 00   becomes   75 56 00 00 57 00 00   becomes   75 57 00 00 58 00 00   becomes   75 58 00 00
Nationlink	06 00 00 08 00 00 09 00 00 44 00 00 48 00 00 49 00 00 59 00 00 88 00 00 89 00 00	77 XX XX XX	06 00 00   becomes  77 06 00 00 08 00 00   becomes   77 08 00 00 09 00 00   becomes   77 09 00 00 44 00 00   becomes   77 44 00 00 48 00 00   becomes   77 48 00 00 49 00 00   becomes   77 49 00 00 59 00 00   becomes   77 59 00 00 88 00 00   becomes   77 88 00 00 89 00 00   becomes   77 89 00 00
Orange		72 XX XX XX	72 XX XX XX
Socatel	61 XX XX 62 XX XX 65 XX XX	21 XX XX XX	61 00 00   becomes  21 61 00 00 62 00 00   becomes   21 62 00 00 65 00 00   becomes   21 65 00 00
Socatel	21 XX XX 31 XX XX 41 XX XX 51 XX XX 81 XX XX 91 XX XX	22 XX XX XX	21 00 00   becomes  22 21 00 00 31 00 00   becomes   22 31 00 00 41 00 00   becomes   22 41 00 00 51 00 00   becomes   22 51 00 00 81 00 00   becomes   22 81 00 00 91 00 00   becomes   22 91 00 00

• Fixed telephone service

Operator	Old numbers	New numbers	Examples
Socatel Bangui	61 XX XX 62 XX XX 65 XX XX	21 XX XX XX	61 00 00   becomes  21 61 00 00 62 00 00   becomes   21 62 00 00 65 00 00   becomes   21 65 00 00
Socatel Berberati	21 XX XX 31 XX XX 41 XX XX 51 XX XX 81 XX XX 91 XX XX	22 XX XX XX	21 00 00   becomes  22 21 00 00 31 00 00   becomes   22 31 00 00 41 00 00   becomes   22 41 00 00 51 00 00   becomes   22 51 00 00 81 00 00   becomes   22 81 00 00 91 00 00   becomes   22 91 00 00
INVIVENT		87 76 XX XX	Value-added service