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Number Format

Area Code:            none (formerly '12')
Subscriber Number:    Sao Tome: 6 digits (formerly 5 digits)
Trunk Prefix:         none?
International Prefix: 00

Area code information

• DCCL

1 August 2002 - Sao Tome national renumbering

Domestic dialling now requires the 6-digit subscriber number. For example, subscriber number 23456 became 223456.

The area code '12' which had been used for all calls into Sao Tome was eliminated. The new 6-digit subscriber number became a national number. Thus, the international format for the above example changed from +239 12 23456 to +239 223456.

As of 2 April 2002, GSM mobile numbering is available in Sao Tome in the format +239 90 xxxx.

References:

Carrier CST notice (in Portuguese, Novo plano de numeração)

Notice from ITU numbering page.

Other information

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