{
  "url": "https://phonelookup.dev/country/so",
  "iso": "SO",
  "slug": "so",
  "name": "Somalia",
  "callingCode": 252,
  "exitCode": "00",
  "preferredExitCode": "",
  "trunkPrefix": "0",
  "mobilePortable": false,
  "mobileStarts": [
    "1",
    "2",
    "3",
    "4",
    "6",
    "7",
    "8",
    "9"
  ],
  "lineTypes": [
    {
      "type": "mobile",
      "label": "Mobile",
      "regex": "(?:(?:15|(?:3[59]|4[89]|6\\d|7[0-35-9]|8[08])\\d|9(?:0\\d|[2-9]))\\d|2(?:4\\d|8))\\d{5}|(?:[67]\\d\\d|904)\\d{5}",
      "lengths": [
        7,
        8,
        9
      ],
      "localOnlyLengths": [],
      "exampleNational": "7 1123456",
      "exampleInternational": "+252 7 1123456",
      "exampleE164": "+25271123456"
    },
    {
      "type": "fixedLine",
      "label": "Fixed line",
      "regex": "(?:1\\d|2[0-79]|3[0-46-8]|4[0-7]|5[57-9])\\d{5}|(?:[134]\\d|8[125])\\d{4}",
      "lengths": [
        6,
        7
      ],
      "localOnlyLengths": [],
      "exampleNational": "4 012345",
      "exampleInternational": "+252 4 012345",
      "exampleE164": "+2524012345"
    }
  ],
  "formats": {
    "e164": "+25271123456",
    "international": "+252 7 1123456",
    "national": "7 1123456",
    "rfc3966": "tel:+252-7-1123456"
  },
  "carriers": [
    {
      "name": "Somtel",
      "lineType": "mobile",
      "prefixCount": 5,
      "ranges": [
        "062",
        "065–066",
        "076",
        "079"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "AirSom",
      "lineType": "fixedLine",
      "prefixCount": 4,
      "ranges": [
        "035",
        "039",
        "048–049"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Golis Telecom",
      "lineType": "mobile",
      "prefixCount": 4,
      "ranges": [
        "060",
        "070",
        "072",
        "090"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Hormuud",
      "lineType": "mobile",
      "prefixCount": 3,
      "ranges": [
        "061",
        "077–078"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Nationlink",
      "lineType": "mobile",
      "prefixCount": 3,
      "ranges": [
        "028",
        "067",
        "069"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Somali Networks",
      "lineType": "mobile",
      "prefixCount": 3,
      "ranges": [
        "064",
        "080",
        "088"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Amtel",
      "lineType": "mobile",
      "prefixCount": 2,
      "ranges": [
        "071",
        "075"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Telesom",
      "lineType": "mobile",
      "prefixCount": 2,
      "ranges": [
        "063",
        "073"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "STG",
      "lineType": "mobile",
      "prefixCount": 1,
      "ranges": [
        "09"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "SomNet",
      "lineType": "mobile",
      "prefixCount": 1,
      "ranges": [
        "068"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Telesom",
      "lineType": "fixedLine",
      "prefixCount": 1,
      "ranges": [
        "024"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sandbox": {
    "input": "+25271123456",
    "valid": true,
    "type": "Mobile",
    "carrier": "Amtel",
    "region": "SO",
    "formats": {
      "e164": "+25271123456",
      "international": "+252 7 1123456",
      "national": "7 1123456",
      "rfc3966": "tel:+252-7-1123456"
    },
    "parts": {
      "countryCode": "+252",
      "destinationCode": "7",
      "destinationKind": "network code",
      "subscriber": "1123456"
    }
  },
  "faq": [
    {
      "question": "How many digits does a phone number in Somalia have?",
      "answer": "Mobile numbers have 7 to 9 national digits. Fixed line numbers have 6 or 7 national digits. That is the national number, without the country code +252 and without the trunk prefix 0."
    },
    {
      "question": "What is the country code for Somalia?",
      "answer": "+252. From abroad, dial your own exit code, then 252, then the national number without its trunk prefix 0. From inside Somalia, the exit code for international calls is 00."
    },
    {
      "question": "Which prefixes are mobile numbers in Somalia?",
      "answer": "Mobile numbers start with 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 or 9 in national form; the mobile regular expression on this page gives the exact ranges (example: 7 1123456). The carrier table shows which prefix blocks were allocated to which operator."
    },
    {
      "question": "Can a mobile number in Somalia be ported to another carrier?",
      "answer": "Not on record. The plan data this page is built from does not list mobile number portability for Somalia, so the carrier a prefix was allocated to is likely, not certainly, the carrier serving the number. Only a live carrier lookup (an HLR or MNP query) confirms it."
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "dataAsOf": "2026-10-25",
    "dataPoints": 21,
    "references": [
      {
        "authority": "ITU",
        "title": "National numbering plan: Somalia",
        "url": "https://www.itu.int/oth/T02020000C0/en"
      }
    ]
  },
  "neighbours": [
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    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/sd.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/tz.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/sc.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/ug.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/ac.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/bi.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/io.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/mz.json"
  ]
}