Telephone numbers in Burkina Faso explained

Country Code

+226
International Call Prefix

00
Trunk Prefix

Calling formats

The NSN length is eight digits.

Changes since 2004

LIST OF MOBILE ALLOCATION CHANGES SINCE 2004[1]
Operator New Numbers
AB PQ MC DU
ONATEL SA 60 00 XXXX - 60 99 XXXX
61 20 XXXX - 61 39 XXXX
61 60 XXXX - 61 79 XXXX
61 80 XXXX - 61 99 XXXX
Telecel FASO SA 6830 XXXX - 6839 XXXX
AIRTEL BURKINA FASO S.A. 65 00 XXXX – 65 09 XXXX
66 80 XXXX – 66 99 XXXX
77 40 XXXX - 77 69 XXXX
77 90 XXXX - 77 99 XXXX
TELECEL FASO S.A. 68 00 XXXX - 68 29 XXXX
79 84 XXXX - 79 99 XXXX

Changes in 2004

LIST OF MOBILE ALLOCATIONS IN 2004
Operator New numbers
AB PQ MC DU
TELMOB SA 70 00 XXXX – 70 05 XXXX
70 10 XXXX – 70 45 XXXX
70 50 XXXX – 70 55 XXXX
70 60 XXXX – 70 99 XXXX
71 00 XXXX – 71 40 XXXX
71 81 XXXX – 71 99 XXXX
72 00 XXXX – 72 19 XXXX
72 20 XXXX – 72 99 XXXX
73 00 XXXX – 73 19 XXXX
73 22 XXXX – 73 41 XXXX
73.52 XXXX – 73.91 XXXX
CELTEL BURKINA FASO S.A 74 00 XXXX – 74 99 XXXX
75 00 XXXX – 75 19 XXXX
75 30 XXXX – 75 49 XXXX
75 60 XXXX – 75 99 XXXX
76 00 XXXX – 76 28 XXXX
76 31 XXXX – 76 99 XXXX
77 20 XXXX – 77 29 XXXX
AIRTEL BURKINA FASO S.A. 77 00 XXXX – 77 19 XXXX
77 30 XXXX – 77 39 XXXX
TELECEL FASO S.A. 78 00 XXXX – 78 13 XXXX
78 37 XXXX – 78 61 XXXX
78 72.XXXX – 78 79 XXXX
78 80 XXXX – 78 87 XXXX
78 90 XXXX – 78 99 XXXX
79 00 XXXX – 79 09 XXXX
79 13 XXXX
79 24 XXXX – 79 68 XXXX
There is no record of what the old mobile number allocations were, or how these map to the new number ranges.
LIST OF FIXED LINE CHANGES IN 2004
Area Former numbers
PQ MC DU
New numbers
AB PQ MC DU
1 - 20 49 XXXX
52 XX XX 20 52 XX XX
53 XX XX 20 53 XX XX
90 XX XX 20 90 XX XX
91 XX XX 20 91 XX XX
- 20 96 XXXX
97 XX XX 20 97 XX XX
98 XX XX 20 98 XX XX
99 XX XX 20 99 XX XX
2 30 XX XX 50 30 XX XX
31 XX XX 50 31 XX XX
32 XX XX 50 32 XX XX
33 XX XX 50 33 XX XX
34 XX XX 50 34 XX XX
35 XX XX 50 35 XX XX
36 XX XX 50 36 XX XX
37 XX XX 50 37 XX XX
38 XX XX 50 38 XX XX
39 XX XX 50 39 XX XX
40 XX XX 50 40 XX XX
41 XX XX 50 41 XX XX
42 XX XX 50 42 XX XX
43 XX XX 50 43 XX XX
44 XX XX 50 44 XX XX
- 50 45 XX XX
- 50 46 XX XX
- 50 47 XX XX
3 45 XX XX 40 45 XX XX
46 XX XX 40 46 XX XX
- 40 49 XX XX
55 XX XX 40 55 XX XX
70 XX XX 40 70 XX XX
71 XX XX 40 71 XX XX
77 XX XX 40 77 XX XX
79 XX XX 40 79 XX XX

List of area codes in Burkina Faso

LIST OF AREA CODES
Area/City Area Code
Banfora xx88
Dédougou xx52
Diébougou xx86
Dori xx66
Fada 4077
Gaoua xx87
Kantchari 4079
Kaya 4045 or 2049
Koudougou 5044
Koupéla 4070
Orodara 2096
Ouagadougou 5030 – 5038
Ouahigouya 4055 or xx56
Tenkodogo 4071
Tougan 2053 or xx54
2052
2090
2091
2097
2098
2099
5039
5040
5041
5042
5043
5046
5047
4046

Notes and References

  1. http://www.itu.int/oth/T0202000021/en Burkina Faso