http://www.howtocallabroad.com/forums/ HowtoCallAbroad.com forums Topic: Ghana telephone numbering changes en Sun, 19 May 2013 03:27:33 +0000 http://www.howtocallabroad.com/forums/topic/ghana-telephone-numbering-changes#post-1097 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:12:50 +0000 admin 1097@http://www.howtocallabroad.com/forums/ <p>Starting May 1, 2010 Ghana National Communications Authority announces a major overhaul of its fixed telephone numbering plan. Most area codes change and most local numbers are added 1 to 3 digits. The goals of the changes:</p> <p>-reducing the number of geographic area codes from over 50 to only 10 regional area codes<br /> -standardizing the length of all fixed numbers (all becoming 9 digit)</p> <p>Here are the old and new national number formats respectively:</p> <ul> <li>21 ?????? becomes 30 2??????</li> <li>22 ?????? becomes 30 3??????</li> <li>251 ????? &gt;&gt; 34 30?????</li> <li>31 ????? &gt;&gt; 31 20?????</li> <li>342 ????? &gt;&gt; 31 21?????</li> <li>345 ????? &gt;&gt; 31 22?????</li> <li>362 ????? &gt;&gt; 31 23?????</li> <li>372 ????? &gt;&gt; 33 22?????</li> <li>392 ????? &gt;&gt; 31 24?????</li> <li>394 ????? &gt;&gt; 31 25?????</li> <li>395 ????? &gt;&gt; 31 26?????</li> <li>41 ????? &gt;&gt; 33 20?????</li> <li>42 ????? &gt;&gt; 33 21?????</li> <li>432 ????? &gt;&gt; 33 23?????</li> <li>51 ????? &gt;&gt; 32 20?????</li> <li>531 ????? &gt;&gt; 32 21?????</li> <li>561 ????? &gt;&gt; 32 22?????</li> <li>565 ????? &gt;&gt; 32 23?????</li> <li>567 ????? &gt;&gt; 35 26?????</li> <li>568 ????? &gt;&gt; 35 27?????</li> <li>572 ????? &gt;&gt; 32 24?????</li> <li>582 ????? &gt;&gt; 32 25?????</li> <li>61 ????? &gt;&gt; 35 20?????</li> <li>632 ????? &gt;&gt; 35 21?????</li> <li>642 ????? &gt;&gt; 35 22?????</li> <li>648 ????? &gt;&gt; 35 23?????</li> <li>652 ????? &gt;&gt; 35 24?????</li> <li>653 ????? &gt;&gt; 35 25?????</li> <li>71 ????? &gt;&gt; 37 20????? </li> <li>715 ????? &gt;&gt; 37 21?????</li> <li>716 ????? &gt;&gt; 37 22?????</li> <li>717 ????? &gt;&gt; 37 23?????</li> <li>72 ????? &gt;&gt; 38 20?????</li> <li>742 ????? &gt;&gt; 38 21?????</li> <li>743 ????? &gt;&gt; 38 22?????</li> <li>744 ????? &gt;&gt; 37 24?????</li> <li>746 ????? &gt;&gt; 37 25?????</li> <li>752 ????? &gt;&gt; 37 26?????</li> <li>756 ????? &gt;&gt; 39 20?????</li> <li>81 ????? &gt;&gt; 34 20?????</li> <li>832 ????? &gt;&gt; 34 21?????</li> <li>842 ????? &gt;&gt; 34 31?????</li> <li>846 ????? &gt;&gt; 34 23?????</li> <li>848 ????? &gt;&gt; 34 24?????</li> <li>858 ????? &gt;&gt; 34 25?????</li> <li>863 ????? &gt;&gt; 34 26?????</li> <li>872 ????? &gt;&gt; 34 27?????</li> <li>876 ????? &gt;&gt; 34 28?????</li> <li>882 ????? &gt;&gt; 34 29?????</li> <li>91 ????? &gt;&gt; 36 20?????</li> <li>931 ????? &gt;&gt; 36 21?????</li> <li>935 ????? &gt;&gt; 36 22?????</li> <li>936 ????? &gt;&gt; 36 23?????</li> <li>953 ????? &gt;&gt; 36 24?????</li> <li>962 ????? &gt;&gt; 36 25?????</li> <li>966 ????? &gt;&gt; 36 26?????</li> <li>968 ????? &gt;&gt; 30 35?????</li> </ul> <p>One example: former Accra telephone numbers of the format 21 ?????? become 30 2??????. In other words area code 21 becomes 30 and digit 2 is added to the local number.</p> <p>The 10 resulting area codes by region are:</p> <ul> <li>Ashanti - 32</li> <li>Brong Ahafo - 35</li> <li>Central - 33</li> <li>Eastern - 34</li> <li>Greater Accra - 30</li> <li>Northern - 37</li> <li>Upper East - 38</li> <li>Upper West - 39</li> <li>Volta - 36</li> <li>Western - 31</li> </ul>