Telephone numbers in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka telephone numbers

Location of Sri Lanka (dark green)
Location
Country	Sri Lanka
Continent	Asia
Regulator	Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka
Type	Open
NSN length	7
Typical format	0XX-XXXXXXX (10 digits)
Access codes
Country calling code	+94
International call prefix	00
Trunk prefix	0

Short Codes

Emergency Services

• 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

4 Digit Short Codes

• Short Codes in 19XX Range for Government Organizations
• Short Codes in 13XX Range for Private Sector Organizations

Fixed line Operator Hotlines

• 1212- Sri Lanka Telecom
• 1575 - Lanka Bell

Mobile Operator Hotlines

• 1755 - Airtel
• 1777 - Dialog
• 1727 - Etisalat
• 1788 - Hutch
• 1717 - Mobitel

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
Eastern	Ampara	Ampara	063
North Central	Anuradhapura	Anuradhapura	025
Western	Colombo	Avissawella	036
Uva	Badulla	Badulla	055
Uva	Badulla	Bandarawela	057
Eastern	Batticaloa	Batticaloa	065
North Western	Puttalam	Chilaw	032
Western	Colombo	Colombo	011
Southern	Galle	Galle	091
Western	Gampaha	Gampaha	033
Southern	Hambantota	Hambantota	047
Central	Nuwara Eliya	Hatton	051
Northern	Jaffna	Jaffna	021
Eastern	Ampara	Kalmunai	067
Western	Kalutara	Kalutara	034
Central	Kandy	Kandy	081
Sabaragamuwa	Kegalle	Kegalle	035
North Western	Kurunegala	Kurunegala	037
Northern	Mannar	Mannar	023
Central	Matale	Matale	066
Southern	Matara	Matara	041
Central	Kandy	Nawalapitiya	054
Western	Gampaha	Negombo	031
Central	Nuwara Eliya	Nuwara Eliya	052
Western	Kalutara	Panadura	038
North Central	Polonnaruwa	Polonnaruwa	027
Sabaragamuwa	Ratnapura	Ratnapura	045
Eastern	Trincomalee	Trincomalee	026
Northern	Vavuniya	Vavuniya	024

Operator codes

Area code	Operator code	Operator
0xx	2	Sri Lanka Telecom
	3
	4	Dialog^*
	5	Lanka Bell
	7	Dialog^*
	9	Public Pay Phones^**

^*Operated by Dialog Axiata's subsidiary, Dialog Broadband Networks.
^**No incoming calls are allowed to Public Pay Phones in Sri Lanka.

Mobile operator codes

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.

Code	Operator
070	Mobitel
071
072	Etisalat
075	Airtel
076	Dialog
077
078	Hutch

• Mobile phone users must always enter area codes when dialing a fixed (landline) number.

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" 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

External links

• Sri Lanka Telecom
• Lanka Bell
• Tritel
• Dialog
• Mobitel
• Etisalat
• Airtel
• Hutch

References

• ITU allocations list