Area Code 3 – Hodaidah

Overview of Yemen Area Code 3

Area code 3 is the geographic National Destination Code (NDC) assigned to the Al Hodaidah (Al Hudaydah) Governorate, located on Yemen's Red Sea coast. This code covers the city of Hodaidah (the country's fourth-largest city and principal port), as well as surrounding districts such as Bajil, Al Marawi'ah, and Al Mansuriyah. As a geographic allocation, the code is tied to a specific administrative region, not to a particular operator, meaning all fixed-line services in the governorate share this prefix.

Dialing Formats

When calling a fixed-line number in Hodaidah from within Yemen, subscribers must dial the trunk prefix 0 followed by the area code and the subscriber's local number. For example, a local number such as 234567 would be dialed as:

• Local dialing (within Yemen): 03 234567
• International dialing (from abroad): +967 3 234567

Note that the leading '0' of the trunk prefix is omitted when dialing from outside Yemen. The subscriber number length within the Hodaidah area code is typically 6 digits, resulting in a total national significant number (NSN) length of 9 digits (including the area code but excluding the trunk prefix).

Geographic and Administrative Coverage

The area code 3 is administered by the Public Telecommunication Corporation (PTC) of Yemen, the state-owned fixed-line operator. It serves both residential and business customers within the governorate. Key localities covered include:

• Al Hodaidah city – the provincial capital and major Red Sea port.
• Bajil – an agricultural and trade hub east of the city.
• Al Marawi'ah – a district known for its fertile lands.
• Al Mansuriyah – a coastal district.

Because this is a geographic code, the number does not move with the subscriber; if a business relocates outside the Hodaidah area, they must obtain a new local number with the appropriate area code.

Caller Instructions

For callers within Yemen, always include the trunk prefix '0' before the area code when dialing from a different region. For example, a caller in Sana'a would dial 03 234567. For international callers, dial your country's exit code (e.g., 00 or 011) followed by Yemen's country code +967, then the area code without the leading zero, and the subscriber number: +967 3 234567.

As of the latest ITU-T E.164 national numbering plan, no overlay codes have been introduced for Hodaidah, so the area code 3 remains unique to this governorate. However, due to ongoing network expansion, some fixed-line numbers may be migrated to VoIP infrastructure, but the geographic significance of the code remains unchanged.