How to validate phone number formats for a specific country or region?

Different countries or regions use different phone number formats. To help you to validate phone number formats used in a specific country or region, FYIcenter.com has designed this online tool. All you need to do is to end a phone number of a specific country/region in the form below, and click the "Validate" button. The validation result will be presented back to you.

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Country/Region:	Nigeria
Phone #

Validation result by FYIcenter.com:

Specified Phone Number: Valid ✔

"1 493 3385" matches the format of "A SSS SSSS"

Most phone numbers in Nigeria are written in the following formats:

   Prefix: long distance or international
   --------------------------------------
   |   Carrier or area code 
   |   --------------------
   |   |   Subscriber number
   |   |   -----------------
   v   v   v
   0   A   SSS SSSS     - Local format
   0   AAA SSS SSSS     - Local format
  +234 A   SSS SSSS     - International format
  +234 AAA SSS SSSS     - International format

Most telephone numbers in Nigeria have 8, 10 digits and are written in the format of "A SSS SSSS", "AAA SSS SSSS". Here are some examples: 1 493 3385; 9 870 5477; 810 997 0533; 803 313 8999.

When dialing locally inside Nigeria, the long distance prefix of "0" is required. So the format becomes "0 A SSS SSSS", "0 AAA SSS SSSS".

When dialing from outside of Nigeria, the international dial-in prefix "+234" is required. So the format becomes "+234 A SSS SSSS", "+234 AAA SSS SSSS".

When dialing from Nigeria to other countries, the international dail-out prefix "+" or "009" required.

To validate phone number formats for other countries or regions, see our Generic Phone Number Format Validator.

To see phone number examples in Nigeria, try our Test Phone Number Generator.

 

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