Cape Verde is +238

A local writes 991 1234 — the dialer below turns that into what you press.

Country code
+238
Dialing out
00
Trunk prefix
none

The archipelago runs a simple closed plan: seven digits, no trunk prefix, identical dialing from Santiago to São Vicente. A 9 opens the classic mobile ranges with 5 added later for growth, while island landlines start with 2. The same seven digits follow +238, and 00 dials out.

Seven digits written xxx xxxx; mobiles start with 9 (or 5 for newer ranges), fixed lines with 2.

You dial

011 238 9911234

011 exits United States · 238 reaches Cape Verde. From any mobile, +238 9911234 works worldwide.

Type the number the way a local writes it — the arithmetic is derived from each country's ITU plan.

Plan facts verified against ITU-T E.164 assigned country codes. Prose is our own.

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