South African telephone numbering plan
E719233
The South African telephone numbering plan is the national system that defines how phone numbers are structured, assigned, and dialed across South Africa’s regions and services.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| South African telephone numbering plan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8222814 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African telephone numbering plan Context triple: [Atteridgeville, hasAreaCodeType, South African telephone numbering plan]
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A.
ISO 3166-2:ZA
ISO 3166-2:ZA is the section of the ISO 3166-2 standard that defines subdivision codes for the provinces of South Africa.
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B.
Southern African rail network
The Southern African rail network is a regional system of interconnected railway lines linking multiple countries in Southern Africa to support trade, passenger transport, and economic integration.
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C.
The Call of South Africa
The Call of South Africa is the English version of "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika," the former national anthem of South Africa that celebrated the country’s landscape, heritage, and Afrikaner nationalism.
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D.
Johannesburg–Swaziland line
The Johannesburg–Swaziland line is a railway route in southern Africa that connects Johannesburg in South Africa with Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), serving as an important corridor for regional transport and trade.
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E.
Pan South African Language Board
The Pan South African Language Board is a statutory body in South Africa responsible for promoting and protecting the country’s official and indigenous languages, including Zulu.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African telephone numbering plan Target entity description: The South African telephone numbering plan is the national system that defines how phone numbers are structured, assigned, and dialed across South Africa’s regions and services.
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A.
ISO 3166-2:ZA
ISO 3166-2:ZA is the section of the ISO 3166-2 standard that defines subdivision codes for the provinces of South Africa.
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B.
Southern African rail network
The Southern African rail network is a regional system of interconnected railway lines linking multiple countries in Southern Africa to support trade, passenger transport, and economic integration.
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C.
The Call of South Africa
The Call of South Africa is the English version of "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika," the former national anthem of South Africa that celebrated the country’s landscape, heritage, and Afrikaner nationalism.
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D.
Johannesburg–Swaziland line
The Johannesburg–Swaziland line is a railway route in southern Africa that connects Johannesburg in South Africa with Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), serving as an important corridor for regional transport and trade.
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E.
Pan South African Language Board
The Pan South African Language Board is a statutory body in South Africa responsible for promoting and protecting the country’s official and indigenous languages, including Zulu.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | telephone numbering plan ⓘ |
| areaCodeLength |
2 digits for most geographic areas
ⓘ
3 digits for some special and non-geographic services ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| countryCallingCodeAssignment | assigned by ITU-T ⓘ |
| definesDialingFormat |
+27 AA BBB CCCC for international callers
ⓘ
0A BBB CCCC for some mobile and non-geographic ranges ⓘ 0AA BBB CCCC for geographic numbers ⓘ |
| emergencyNumber |
10111
ⓘ
10177 ⓘ 112 ⓘ |
| governingBody |
ICASA
ⓘ
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa ⓘ |
| historicalChange |
converted from open to closed numbering plan in the 1990s
ⓘ
introduction of 10-digit national numbers including trunk prefix ⓘ |
| internationalPrefix | 00 ⓘ |
| localDialingRequiresAreaCode | true ⓘ |
| localDialingWithoutAreaCodeAllowed | false ⓘ |
| localNumberLength | 7 digits ⓘ |
| mobileEmergencyNumber | 112 ⓘ |
| mobileNumberPrefixPattern |
06X
ⓘ
07X ⓘ 08X ⓘ |
| nationalSignificantNumberLength | 9 digits ⓘ |
| nonGeographicPrefix |
080
ⓘ
086 ⓘ 087 ⓘ |
| numberingFormat | closed numbering plan ⓘ |
| planType | nationally uniform closed plan ⓘ |
| premiumRatePrefix |
0862
ⓘ
090X ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageOfRegulation | English ⓘ |
| regionCode | ITU Region 1 ⓘ |
| regulates |
VoIP numbers
ⓘ
geographic numbers ⓘ mobile numbers ⓘ non-geographic services ⓘ premium-rate numbers ⓘ toll-free numbers ⓘ |
| regulatesNumberPortability |
geographic number portability
ⓘ
mobile number portability ⓘ |
| sharedCostPrefix |
0860
ⓘ
0861 ⓘ |
| standardizedIn |
ITU-T Recommendation E.164
ⓘ
linked to:
ITU-T E.164
|
| tollFreePrefix | 0800 ⓘ |
| trunkPrefix | 0 ⓘ |
| typicalNationalNumberLength | 10 digits including trunk prefix ⓘ |
| usesCountryCallingCode | +27 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: South African telephone numbering plan Description of subject: The South African telephone numbering plan is the national system that defines how phone numbers are structured, assigned, and dialed across South Africa’s regions and services.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.