Area Code List

[In service as of 1 October 1993, formerly part of +38 Yugoslavia.]
• 70 Jajce
• 71 Sarajevo, Trnovo
• 72 Travnik, Zenica
• 73 Gorazde
• 74 Doboj
• 75 Tuzia, Zvornik
• 76 Brcko
• 77 Bihac
• 78 Banja Luka
• 79 Prijedor
• 80 Livno
• 88 Medjugorje, Mostar, Neum, Potoci
• 89 Bileca, Trebinje

• 1 May 2000 through 1 July 2002 - national renumbering
  • The Telecommunications Regulatory Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina approved a new national numbering plan 14 March 2000. This will replace the existing numbering scheme, inherited from the former Yugoslavia system. This will provide a common numbering system for all communication carriers - for example, there are at least three fixed-line operators serving this nation; numbers for some of these services required routing through the country code of an adjacent nation.
  • Agreements and numbering conventions for the new plan were to be completed by 1 May 2000, when preparations for the new numbering plan commence.
  • Subscriber numbers will initially be converted to a fixed format: area codes of 2 digits, with subscriber numbers of 6 digits - a consistent 8-digit national plan. Existing 5-digit subscriber numbers will be extended to the 6-digit format. There will also be some rearrangement of area code geographic boundaries.
  • As from 1 July 2002, after subscriber numbers have been modified to the constant 2-digit area code / 6-digit subscriber number format, a closed numbering plan will take effect. All domestic calls, whether local or long distance, would be dialled as 8 digits - the area code plus subscriber number. The new 8-digit numbers would be formatted as two groups of 4 digits, such as '3399 9999' for an example Sarajevo number. An initial '0' prefix would no longer be required for domestic long distance calls.
  • In the new plan, geographic area codes will be changed so that they begin with the digit 3 or 5. Mobile numbering will begin with 66. Special non-geographic services (freephone, premium, personal) will begin with 7, 8 or 9. However, these codes conflict with the existing area codes; example: 80 is the area code for Livno, which must eventually be changed to a new area code. 800 can be used for freephone services since no Livno subscriber number begins with 0, but eventually Livno will change to conform to the geographic area code range.
  • Permissive dialling dates are unknown as of this writing - the times during which old and new format numbers could be dialled, and when the old format numbers would be discontinued.
  • 112 will become the general emergency number, following the European Union standard. Existing emergency numbers will remain in effect for an indefinite period. Special services beginning with '9' will be changed to European-style short codes beginning with '1'.
  • The following lists the new area codes (indicating change from old area code, where known):

  Area Code Place/Service                   Comments
  --------- -------------                   --------
  30        Middle Bosnia (Canton 6)
  31        Posavina (Canton2)
  32        Zenica-Doboj (Canton 4)         change from 72
  33        Sarajevo (Canton 9)             change from 71
  34        Herzeg-Bosnia (Canton 10)
  35        Tuzla-Podrinje (Canton 3)
  36        Herzegovina-Neretva (Canton 7)
  37        Una Sana (Canton 1)
  38        Gorazde-Upper Drina (Canton 5)  change from 73
  39        West Herzegovina (Canton 8)
  50        Mrkonjic-Grad
  51        Banja Luka                      change from 78
  52        Prijedor                        change from 79
  53        Doboj                           change from 74
  54        Brcko                           change from 76
  55        Bijelina
  56        Zvojnik                         change from 75
  57        Pale
  58        Srbrinje
  59        Trebinje                        change from 89
  66x       Mobile                          digit after 66 determines carrier
  661       Mobile - PTT BiH
  663       Mobile - HPT Mostar (ERONET)
  665       Mobile - Telekom Srpska
  70        Personal Numbering              Jajce 70 code must change first
  80        Freephone                       Livno 80 must eventually change
  81        Shared cost numbers
  88        Freephone (reserved)            Medjugorje 88 code must change first
  90        Premium services