Your complete guide to dialling Western Sahara from El Aaiún to anywhere in the world — verified +212 country code, Africa/El_Aaiun time zone, Africa region, ISO references, live local time and weather, plus a step-by-step walkthrough.
Calling
Western Sahara
+212
El Aaiún
Weather
HD voice signal
Alpha-2
EH
Alpha-3
ESH
Western Sahara
EH
2 Digit ISO
+212
Country Calling Code
ESH
3 Digit ISO
Capital
El Aaiún
Time zone
Africa/El_Aaiun
Weather · El Aaiún
Humidity
Wind
Western Sahara
+212
Capital
El Aaiún
Region
Africa
Time zone
Africa/El_Aaiun
Coordinates
24.2° N, 12.9° W
ISO 3166-1
EH / ESH
Dial format
+212 [area] [number]
Current time in El Aaiún
—:—
Best time to call: 09:00 – 17:00 El Aaiun
A complete international number is built from four parts. Here's the anatomy and the dialling order.
Number anatomy
Format follows ITU-T Recommendation E.164 the international public telecommunication numbering plan.
Press + on a mobile (hold the 0 key), or dial 00 from most countries / 011 from North America.
Dial +212. This identifies Western Sahara on the global telephone network.
Type the first part of the local number. Drop the leading 0 if there is one.
The remaining digits route the call to the specific line in El Aaiún or elsewhere.
To call Western Sahara on WhatsApp, save the number with +212 and no exit prefix — WhatsApp dials from your contacts, not a dial pad. Voice and video calls are free over data.
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Whether you're reaching Western Sahara for business or family, three habits keep every conversation crystal clear and a clean route from TKOS handles the rest.
El Aaiún routes through North Africa can carry higher jitter — a headset with active noise cancellation compensates for audio artefacts without you needing to adjust anything.
El Aaiún is ~6,813 km away — expect ~280ms round-trip. A wired ethernet connection keeps packet loss below 0.1%.
Schedule Western Sahara calls during El Aaiún business hours — 09:00–17:00 Africa/El_Aaiun — your contact will be at their desk in a quiet space rather than taking the call on the move.
Capital
El Aaiún
Population
565.6K
Area
266,000 km²
Currency
Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
Languages
Arabic
Emergency number
190
Internet TLD
.eh
Drive side
Right-hand traffic
Latitude / Longitude
24.22°N / 12.89°W
Time zone
Africa/El_Aaiun
ISO 3166 codes
EH · ESH
El Aaiún is a North Africa destination — TKOS routes direct via trans-Atlantic submarine cable, cutting costs versus international hub routing.
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TKOS uses direct North Africa carrier interconnects terminating at El Aaiún. Bypassing transit hubs keeps packet loss under 0.5% on every Western Sahara route.
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