Calling Sri Lanka from the United States explained:
- 011 - US exit code; have to be dialed first for all international calls made from the US/Canada number plan
- 94 - international country code for Sri Lanka
- US to Sri Lanka international dialing format : 011 + 94 + area code + individual phone number
Area Codes:
| Ampara | 63 |
Kalmunai | 67 |
Negombo | 31 |
| Anuradhapura | 25 |
Kandy | 81 |
Nuwara Eliya | 52 |
| Badulla | 55 |
Kelaniya | 11 |
Polonnaruwa | 27 |
| Batticaloa | 65 |
Kurunegalla | 37 |
Puttalama | 32 |
| Colombo | 11 |
Maharagama | 11 |
Rantembe | 55 |
| Galle | 91 |
Mannar | 23 |
Ratnapura | 45 |
| Gampaha | 33 |
Matara | 41 |
Trincomalee | 26 |
| Jaffna | 21 |
Moratuwa | 11 |
Vavuniya | 24 |
Information about country:
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka before 1972 and as Taprobane in ancient times is an island country in South Asia, located about 31 kilometres off the southern coast of India. It is home to around twenty million people.