Telephone Numbers In Croatia
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This is an alphabetical list by town of phone dialing codes in
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. The country calling code for Croatia is +385. Croatia received a new country code following the breakup of the
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(+38) in 1991.


Calling scheme

The
international call prefix An international call prefix, international dial-out code or international direct dial code (IDD code) is a trunk prefix that indicates an international phone call. In the dialling sequence, the prefix precedes the country calling code (and, fur ...
depends on the country of origin of the call, e.g. 00 for most European countries, and 011 from North America. For domestic calls (within the country), 0 must be dialed before the area code. The prefix for international calls from Croatia is 00 (e.g. for a
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number 00 1 xxx should be dialed). An example for calling a line in
Bjelovar-Bilogora County Bjelovar-Bilogora County (; hr, Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija ) is a county in central Croatia. The central town of Bjelovar was first mentioned in 1413, and it only gained importance when a new fort was built in 1756 to defend against the ...
(area code 043) is as follows: xxx xxxx (within the 043 area) 0 43 xxx xxxx (within Croatia) +385 43 xxx xxxx (outside Croatia)


List of area codes

Telephone area codes closely correspond to
postal codes in Croatia Postal codes in Croatia are 5 digit numeric. There are 20 two digit zones defined. Zagreb City and Zagreb County have one, each other first level administrative country subdivision, i.e. one of the counties of Croatia, has its own range. From the ...
and are assigned to
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. Both the Zagreb County and the City of Zagreb have the same area code (1), which is further divided into 9 areal subgroups (i.e. from 11 to 19, or 011 to 019 for calls from outside the region).


Mobile phone codes

Since the adoption of
mobile number portability Mobile number portability (MNP) enables mobile telephone users to retain their mobile telephone numbers when changing from one mobile network carrier to another. General overview Mobile number portability is implemented in varying ways across ...
, prefixes of existing numbers no longer guarantee that number is in the corresponding mobile network, i.e. carried by the mobile carrier that originally issued the number. Any newly issued number follows the above numbering plan.


Value-added services


Emergency numbers

As mandated by law, all phones detectable by, or temporarily carried by, Croatian carriers provide unlimited access to state
emergency number Most public switched telephone networks have a single emergency telephone number (sometimes known as the universal emergency telephone number or the emergency services number) that allows a caller to contact local emergency services for assis ...
s
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at all times. The
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-wide
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emergency number can be used to contact local
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and
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departments and emergency medical and
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services.


See also

* Communications in Croatia *
Postal codes in Croatia Postal codes in Croatia are 5 digit numeric. There are 20 two digit zones defined. Zagreb City and Zagreb County have one, each other first level administrative country subdivision, i.e. one of the counties of Croatia, has its own range. From the ...


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Area codes in Croatia (map)
{{Telephone numbers in Europe
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Telecommunications in Croatia
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