The phone code 251 at the beginning of the phone number +251 (subscriber’s phone) means that you are being called from Ethiopia or you are calling a subscriber registered in Ethiopia.
+251 — Ethiopia
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Telephone Code +251 — what country it is
The international phone code +251 officially belongs to Ethiopia, so all phone numbers that start with these numbers refer to this country.
It means that you must enter “251″ after the “+” sign to call to Ethiopia. Then the next digits of the phone number can be entered.
Whose country code is +251?
+251 is the beginning of a phone number which can belong to any subscriber who purchased a SIM card in Ethiopia. It does not mean that a subscriber is definitely there at the time of the call (since he or she can make a call in roaming), but there is such a possibility.