🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Area Code
Area Code, Long-distance Call VoIP, Mobile/Cellular Locator and Telephone Number of Sri Lanka.
🔗 References:
- Wikipedia: Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
- Postal code of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka International Dialing Code
- Name: Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
- Code: 94, also +94, 0094, 00 94, 00-94, +94-, +0094, 094, 00094, 011-94 etc.
General Information
- Sri Lanka country code: 94
- Trunk Prefix: 0
- International Prefix: 00
- Number Details:
- Sri Lankan phone numbers are nine digits (ten including a leading ‘0’ that is not included when calling from outside the country).
- The first two digits are an area code. Area codes are often listed as three digits including a leading ‘0’. Do not dial the leading ‘0’ when calling from outside the country.
- The third digit is a carrier code. It designates the phone number’s phone provider.
- Mobile numbers use a two-carrier code beginning with ‘7’. The second digit of the carrier code designated the mobile phone provider. Carrier codes are often listed as three digits including a leading ‘0’. Do not dial the leading ‘0’ when calling from outside the country.
An example of a Sri Lankan phone number
The Colombo National Museum lists its phone number in Colombo as 0094 112 694366.
Detail of Numbering Plan
Geographic Number
| Area | Area Code | Dialing Format |
| Avissawella | 36 | +94-36-xxxxxxx |
| Colombo | 11 | +94-11-xxxxxxx |
| Gampaha | 33 | +94-33-xxxxxxx |
| Kalutara | 34 | +94-34-xxxxxxx |
| Negombo | 31 | +94-31-xxxxxxx |
| Panadura | 38 | +94-38-xxxxxxx |
| Badulla | 55 | +94-55-xxxxxxx |
| Bandarawela | 57 | +94-57-xxxxxxx |
| Galle | 91 | +94-91-xxxxxxx |
| Hambantota | 47 | +94-47-xxxxxxx |
| Matara | 41 | +94-41-xxxxxxx |
| Kegalle | 35 | +94-35-xxxxxxx |
| Ratnapura | 45 | +94-45-xxxxxxx |
| Jaffna | 21 | +94-21-xxxxxxx |
| Mannar | 23 | +94-23-xxxxxxx |
| Vavuniya | 24 | +94-24-xxxxxxx |
| Chilaw | 32 | +94-32-xxxxxxx |
| Kurunegala | 37 | +94-37-xxxxxxx |
| Anuradhapura | 25 | +94-25-xxxxxxx |
| Polonnaruwa | 27 | +94-27-xxxxxxx |
| Ampara | 63 | +94-63-xxxxxxx |
| Batticaloa | 65 | +94-65-xxxxxxx |
| Kalmunai | 67 | +94-67-xxxxxxx |
| Trincomalee | 26 | +94-26-xxxxxxx |
| Hatton | 51 | +94-51-xxxxxxx |
| Kandy | 81 | +94-81-xxxxxxx |
| Matale | 66 | +94-66-xxxxxxx |
| Nawalapitiya | 54 | +94-54-xxxxxxx |
| Nuwara Eliya | 52 | +94-52-xxxxxxx |
Operator codes
| Area code | Operator code |
Operator |
|---|---|---|
| 0xx | 0 | Lanka Bell |
| 1 | n/a | |
| 2 | Sri Lanka Telecom | |
| 3 | ||
| 4 | Dialog | |
| 5 | Lanka Bell | |
| 6 | n/a | |
| 7 | Dialog | |
| 8 | n/a | |
| 9 | Tritel |
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 |
| 073 | n/a |
| 074 | n/a |
| 075 | Airtel |
| 076 | Dialog |
| 077 | |
| 078 | Hutch |
| 079 | n/a |
- Mobile phone users must always enter area codes when dialing a fixed (landline) number
Important Numbers
| Country/Geographical Area | Number | Service category | Additional information |
| Sri Lanka | 110 | Medical | - |
| Sri Lanka | 110 | Fire | - |
| Sri Lanka | 119 | Police | - |
| Sri Lanka | 1929 | Child help-line | - |
| Sri Lanka | 1939 | Hazards | Water |
| Sri Lanka | 1987 | Hazards | Electricity |
| Sri Lanka | 112 | Police Emergency Service (Mobile | |
| Sri Lanka | 116 | Sri Lanka Air Force Emergency Service | |
| Sri Lanka | 114 | Operational Commander Colombo(Sir Lanka Army) | |
| Sri Lanka | 117 | Disaster Management Call Centre | |
| Sri Lanka | 118 | National Help Desk(Ministy of Denfence) |
Dialing Plan
Domestic Dialing
- For local call: Dial only the local phone number
- For long distance call: 0 - area code - local phone number
Foreign Dialing
- To call Sri Lanka from abroad: exit code - 94 - area code - local phone number(exit code can also be written as “+”)
- To call abroad from Sri Lanka: 00 - country code - area code - phone number
External Links
Reference Links
- AreaCodeBase: Sri Lanka Areacode Database
- PostCodeBase: Sri Lanka Postcode Database
- YouBianKu: Sri Lanka Postal Code Database
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