Citizens the world over can now call South Sudan on its specific country code. According to a statement from the International Telecommunication Union, South Sudan – the world's most recent country – has been awarded 211 as its international calling number. “ITU is pleased to announce that the world's newest nation, the Republic of South Sudan, has today been assigned the international dialing code 211, following the country's formal recognition as a United Nations (UN) member state,” said a statement posted on the ITU website Thursday. The country will also be handed mobile country code (MCC) numbers as well as area codes. This will enable those inside and outside the country to phone specifically to South Sudan. The code has “particular resonance for South Sudan's citizens as representing the year in which South Sudan gained independence (2011), the date of its referendum (which took place in the first day of the first month of 2011), and a symbol of good fortune,” the ITU statement said. BM
