Namibia's telephone numbering plan was originally devised when the country, then known as South West Africa, was under South African administration, and integrated into the South African telephone numbering plan.South West Africa & Walvis Bay - Suidwes-Afrika & Walvisbaai, Department of Posts and Telecommunications, 1976
Area codes beginning with 06 were allocated to Namibia, including Walvis Bay, a South African exclave, which was not transferred to Namibian sovereignty until 1994.
Following Namibia's independence in 1990, direct dialing between Namibia and South Africa was discontinued, and calls were classed as international. Consequently, subscribers were required to use the international access code and country calling code, omitting the trunk code 0. Namibia had already been allocated its own country code by the International Telecommunication Union, +264, in the late 1960s.
Windhoek, Namibia to Johannesburg, South Africa Before 1992: 011 xxx xxxx After 1992: 00 27 11 xxx xxxx
Johannesburg, South Africa to Windhoek, Namibia Before 1992: 061 xxx xxx After 1992: 09 264 61 xxx xxx After Jan 2007: 00 26461 xxx xxx A National Numbering Plan was deployed in 2017 to streamline the creation of telephone numbers across vendors, and to prepare for the introduction of number portability.
List of area codes in Namibia Area Area Code Ai-Ais 063 Aranos 063 Ariamsvlei 063 Aus 063 Bagani 066 Buitepos 062 Dordabis 062 Drimiopsis 062 Epupa 067 Gobabis 062 Grootfontein 067 Grünau 063 Halali 067 Helmeringhausen 063 Henties Bay 064 Hosea Kutako International Airport 062 Kalkfeld 067 Kalkrand 063 Kamanjab 067 Karasburg 063 Karibib 064 Katima Mulilo 066 Keetmanshoop 063 Khorixas 067 Klein Aub 062 Leonardville 062 Lüderitz 063 Maltahöhe 063 Mariental 063 Namibgrens 062 Namutoni 067 Nina 062 Noordoewer 063 Okahandja 062 Okaukuejo 067 Oranjemund 063 Oshikango 065 Otavi 067 Otjihase 062 Otjikondo 067 Otjimbingwe 064 Otjiwarongo 067 Outjo 067 Rehoboth 062 Rosh Pinah 063 Ruacana 065 Rundu 066 Seeheim 063 Seeis 062 Sesfontein 065 Solitaire 063 Stampriet 063 Swakopmund 064 Tsumeb 067 Uis 064 Usakos 064 Walvis Bay 064 Warmbad 063 Waterberg Plateau Park 067 Windhoek 061
060 - Telecom Switch cellular mobile (GSM; seven-digit subscriber numbers) 081 - MTC cellular mobile (GSM; seven-digit subscriber numbers) 083 - Paratus Telecommunications IP Voice (IP; seven-digit subscriber numbers) 084 - MTN Namibia 085 - tn mobile cellular mobile (GSM; seven-digit subscriber numbers)
The international access code is now 00 but was previously 09.
References
External links Telecom Namibia Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia International Telecommunication Union - National Numbering Plan
ITU allocations list