Telephone numbers in Cape Verde
Encyclopedia
Country Code: +238
International Call Prefix: 00
Trunk Prefix
: none
are 7 digits long (except for special
s and priced accordingly. Mobile numbers have no geographic area, and calls to or from national mobile numbers are treated the same regardless of location.
The NSN length is seven digits.
130 - Hospital
131 - Fire protection
132 - Police
International Call Prefix: 00
Trunk Prefix
Trunk prefix
A trunk prefix is the number to be dialed in a domestic telephone call, preceding any necessary area codes and subscriber numbers. When the number is called from overseas, the trunk prefix is omitted by the caller. In most countries, such as Australia, Germany and the United Kingdom, the trunk...
: none
Overview
Telephone numbers in Cape VerdeCape Verde
The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...
are 7 digits long (except for special
1xx codes), and must always be dialed in their entirety (a closed dialing plan). The first 3 digits of a fixed-line (non-mobile) number correspond to its geographic area. Calls within a given 2xx area, and between certain areas, are considered local callLocal call
In telephony, the term local call has the following meanings:# Any call using a single switching center; that is, not traveling to another telephone network;# A call made within a local calling area as defined by the local exchange carrier;...
s and priced accordingly. Mobile numbers have no geographic area, and calls to or from national mobile numbers are treated the same regardless of location.
History
On July 3 2004,2 was prepended to all fixed-line numbers, and 9 to all mobile numbers, increasing the number length to 7 digits.Calling format
- xxx xxxx - calling inside Cape Verde
- +238 xxx xxxx - calling from outside Cape Verde
The NSN length is seven digits.
Number ranges
In all cases listed, when a2x range is split between two islands, one takes 2x0 through 2x4, while the other takes 2x5 through 2x9.
| LIST OF FIXED ALLOCATIONS | |
|---|---|
| Number range | Area |
| 22 | Santo Antão |
| 221 | Ribeira Grande Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde Ribeira Grande is a municipality on the island of Santo Antão of the Barlavento group in Cape Verde. It covers one-third of the island and is home to two-thirds of the population.... |
| 222 | Porto Novo Porto Novo, Cape Verde Porto Novo is the westernmost municipality in Cape Verde and all of Africa but not the mainland. It is a town and a municipality in the island of Santo Antão of Barlavento. It covers two-thirds of the island and is home to one-third of the population... |
| 223 | Paúl Paul, Cape Verde Paul is a municipality in the island of Santo Antão of the Barlavento group in Cape Verde. Together with Ribeira Grande, it covers one-third of the island and home to two-thirds of the population.... |
| 224 | Cocoli |
| 225 | Ponta do Sol |
| 226 | Chã da Igreja Chã da Igreja Chã de Igreja is a village in the northcentral part of the island of Santo Antão... |
| 227 | Ribeira das Patas (Lajedos / Alto Mira) |
| 23 | São Vicente São Vicente, Cape Verde São Vicente , also Son Visent or Son Sent in Cape Verdean Creole, is one of the Barlavento islands of Cape Verde. It is located between the islands of Santo Antão and Santa Luzia, with the Canal de São Vicente separating it from Santo Antão.- Geography :The island is roughly rectangular in shape... / São Nicolau |
| 230 | Mindelo Mindelo For the parish in Portugal, see Mindelo, PortugalMindelo , is a port city in the northern part of the island of São Vicente in Cape Verde. Mindelo is also the seat of the parish of Nossa Senhora da Luz, and this island's municipality... |
| 231 | Mindelo |
| 232 | Mindelo |
| 235 | Ribeira Brava Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde Ribeira Brava is a municipality on the island of São Nicolau of the Barlavento group in Cape Verde.-Parishes:The municipality includes two parishes:*Nossa Senhora da Lapa*Nossa Senhora do Rosário-Settlements:*Agua das Patas*Belém*Cabeçalinho*Cachaço... |
| 236 | Tarrafal de São Nicolau Tarrafal de São Nicolau Tarrafal de São Nicolau is a recently created municipality on the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde. It was detached in 2005 from the municipality of São Nicolau... |
| 237 | Fajã |
| 238 | Praia Branca Praia Branca Praia Branca is village and a beach in the northwestern part of the island island of São Nicolau. It is part of the municipality of Tarrafal de São Nicolau... |
| 24 | Sal Sal, Cape Verde Sal is an island in Cape Verde. It belongs to the northern group of islands, called Barlavento. The island is composed by a single administrative division, the Sal municipality. The island is home to Amílcar Cabral International Airport, the main airport of Cape Verde.- Geography :The island is... |
| 241 | Espargos Espargos Espargos is the capital city of the island municipality of Sal, Cape Verde and is also in the heart of the island. Espargos means "asparagus" and refers to the wild vegetable asparagus stalk with its bright yellow flowers which grows in sandy areas around the island... |
| 242 | Santa Maria Santa Maria, Cape Verde Santa Maria is a fishing city situated in the southern part of the island municipality of Sal, Cape Verde. The city is the third largest in Cape Verde and is one of the few that it is larger than the municipal capital... |
| 25 | Boa Vista Boa Vista, Cape Verde Boa Vista is the easternmost island of Cape Verde. It is located in the Barlavento group of the archipelago. The island is known for marine turtles and traditional music, as well as its ultramarathon and its sand dunes and beaches... / Maio Maio, Cape Verde Maio is the easternmost of the Sotavento islands of Cape Verde. Maio is located south of the islands of Boa Vista and east of Santiago. The island is also known for its large forest, which is unusual for Cape Verde.-Geography:The island covers an area of 269 km²... |
| 251 | Sal Rei Sal Rei Sal Rei is a city on the northwestern coast of the island of Boa Vista in eastern Cape Verde. Sal Rei is the island's main urban settlement, and the 18th largest community in Cape Verde after Cidade Velha. It is also the seat of the Boa Vista Municipality... |
| 252 | Funda das Figueiras Funda das Figueiras Fundo das Figueiras is a village in the eastern part of the island of Boa Vista... |
| 255 | Vila do Maio Vila do Maio Vila do Maio, is a city in the southwestern part of the island of Maio in southeastern Cape Verde. It is the main urban settlement of the island, and also seat of the Maio Municipality.... |
| 256 | Calheta Calheta, Cape Verde Calheta is a village in the western part of the island of Maio. The village is around 10 to 15 km north of the island capital of Vila do Maio and about 6 km south of Morrinho and it is linked with a road with the road that encircles the entire island... |
| 26 | Santiago Santiago, Cape Verde Santiago , or Santiagu in Cape Verdean Creole, is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation’s population. At the time of Darwin's voyage it was called St. Jago.... |
| 260 | Praia Praia Praia , is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde, an island nation in the Atlantic Ocean west of Senegal. It lies on the southern coast of Santiago island in the Sotavento Islands group. It is the island's ferry port and is home to one of the nation’s four international airports... |
| 261 | Praia |
| 262 | Praia |
| 263 | Praia |
| 264 | Praia |
| 265 | Santa Catarina Santa Catarina, Cape Verde Santa Catarina is a municipality located in the northwestern and the western parts of the island of Santiago in Sotavento in Cape Verde. The municipal population is around 49,829, the area is 243 km² and the density is about 205/km². The seat of the municipality is Assomada... |
| 266 | Tarrafal Tarrafal, Cape Verde Tarrafal is a municipality located in the northern part of the island of Santiago in Sotavento in Cape Verde. The municipal population is around 18000, the area is 112.4 km² and the density is about 160/km². Tarrafal is located 75 km NNW of Cape Verde's capital, Praia.Farmland surrounds... |
| 267 | Cidade Velha |
| 268 | São Domingos São Domingos, Cape Verde São Domingos is a Municipality in Santiago island in Cape Verde. The São Domingos municipality was formed primarily to relieve Praia of the administrative difficulties involved in managing both a large capital city in addition to agrarian villages.... |
| 269 | Pedra Badejo |
| 27 | Santiago |
| 271 | São Lourenço dos Órgãos São Lourenço dos Órgãos São Lourenço dos Órgãos is a municipality on Santiago island in Cape Verde.-Parishes:The municipality includes only one parish:*São Lourenço dos Órgãos-History:... / São Jorge |
| 272 | Picos |
| 273 | Calheta de São Miguel Calheta de São Miguel Calheta de São Miguel is a city located on the north-eastern coast of Santiago in Cape Verde. It is the seat of São Miguel municipality.... |
| 28 | Fogo Fogo, Cape Verde Fogo is an island in the Sotavento group of Cape Verde. It is the most prominent of the group, rising to nearly 3,000 m above sea level at Pico do Fogo.-Geography:... / Brava Brava, Cape Verde Brava is an island in Cape Verde. It is the smallest inhabited island, but at the same time the greenest, of Cape Verde, in the Sotavento group. First settled in the 1540s, its population grew after Mount Fogo on neighbouring Fogo erupted in 1675... |
| 281 | São Filipe São Filipe, Cape Verde São Filipe , or San Filipi in Cape Verdean Creole, is the city that constitutes the seat of the São Filipe Municipality, in Cape Verde.It is located SW of the island and in the southwestern part of the island... |
| 282 | Cova Figueira Cova Figueira Cova Figueira , is a city and a cove located approximately 20 km east of the island main city of São Filipe in the island of Fogo, Cape Verde. Since 2005, it serves as the seat of Santa Catarina do Fogo Municipality... |
| 283 | Mosteiros Mosteiros, Cape Verde Mosteiros is a municipality located in the northeastern part of the island of Fogo in Sotavento in southern Cape Verde. The municipal population is around 9,449. The seat of the municipality is Vila dos Mosteiros.... |
| 284 | São Jorge |
| 285 | Nova Sintra Nova Sintra Nova Sintra is a city in the central part of the island of Brava in southwestern and western Cape Verde and also serves as the seat of the Brava Municipality. With a population of about 1,800, the city is the nineteenth largest community in Cape Verde after Sal Rei... |
| LIST OF MOBILE/NON-GEOGRAPHIC ALLOCATIONS | |
|---|---|
| Number range | Usage |
| 800 | Toll-free numbers |
| 808 | Non-geographic numbers (billed as local calls from anywhere in the country) |
| 9 | Mobile phones |
| 59 | Mobile phones |
Special numbers
102 - Information130 - Hospital
131 - Fire protection
132 - Police