Ethiopia country code

How to call Ethiopia using country code ?

Ethiopia is located in Africa near countries : Djibouti, Eritrea, Oman, Sudan, Somalia and Kenya. The international country code to dial Ethiopia is :

251

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Phone use and access in Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

As many African countries, the international dialing code 251 is only required to call Ethiopia from abroad. Concerning national calls made in Ethiopia, it is not necessary to dial the Ethiopian country code 251. Finally, to call your correspondent in Ethiopia from a country abroad, dial first the prefix of exit which takes one of the following forms: 00 / 011 / 810 and sign "+ " for calls since the mobile phone. These are possible compositions: 00251 / 810 251 / 011 251 / +251.

Some useful informations

International access code (exit code) : 00 (to dial when making calls from Ethiopia to abroad)
Ethiopian international dialing code : 251
Fixed telephone Subscriptions (2016) : 1 147 000 Ethiopian subscribers
Mobile landline usage : 1.12% of Ethiopians
Mobile cellular users (2016) : 51224000 Ethiopian mobile users
Mobile phone usage : 50.02% of Ethiopians
Internet usage : 15.3% of Ethiopians

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Calling Ethiopian landline phone number

enter the exit code '011' ;
dial Ethiopia country code : 251 ;
dial the area code : For example "YY" is Addis Ababa area phone code ;
add the Ethiopian phone number without the leading '0'.

Illustration : 011 251 YY XXX XXX.

Calling Ethiopian mobile phone number (cellular phone)

enter the exit code '011' or '+';
dial Ethiopia country code : 251 ;
add the Ethiopian mobile phone number without the leading '0'.

Illustration : 011 251 Z XXX XXX. ('Z' represent the cellular area code)

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About Ethiopia

Ethiopia belongs to the African continent bordering Djibouti, Eritrea, Oman, Sudan, Somalia and Kenya. Ethiopian population is about 85237338 inhabitants with an area of 1,104,300 km². The capital of Ethiopia is Addis Ababa and the iso code is : ETH.

What time is it now in Ethiopia ?

Before calling your Ethiopian correspondent , it is important to know what time it is in Ethiopia.
Ethiopian local time :

The current time is 12:20 AM (UTC/GMT 3 hours).

Current day :

We are : Thursday April 25, 2024 .

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