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Country Codes 20 December 1991 International dialing uses country codes from 1 to 3 digits. These are grouped (usually) according to geographic location. Not all countries can dial direct to all other overseas codes, but these are the codes by which a country's telephone network is recognised. When listing a telephone number in international correspondence, one format often used lists the country code followed by the area code and local number digits required to complete the call. For instance, the number (400) 012.3456 in North America would be listed as "+ 1 400 012 3456". The overseas dialing code would be used then the digits after the "+". Example: "+44 71 967 1111" would be dialed from North America as 011 + 44 71 967 1111. Codes marked with '%' mean that this is a country not dialable from Canada as of March 1990. INTERNATIONAL DIALING CODES 1 - North America Canada, USA including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Barbados, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Bahamas, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Christopher and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Bequia, Mustique, Prune (Palm) Island, Union Island) (Trinidad and Tobago [1]) Notes: Mexico locations with former Zone 1 style area codes (706, 903, 905) are generally out of service by now. This was only a rigged-up system to allow dialing to Mexico City and Northwest Mexico from U.S. or Canadian phones. These are not official (were in use within the U.S. and Canada *only*) and are now replaced with the overseas dialing system (country code 52). [1] Trinidad and Tobago has been assigned code 296. The date when this country code will take effect is unknown. (2) Country Codes... Africa 20 - Egypt 232 - Sierra Leone 255 - Tanzania [2] 210 - (reserved Morocco) 233 - Ghana 256 - Uganda 211 - (reserved Morocco) 234 - Nigeria 257 - Burundi 212 - Morocco 235 - Chad % 258 - Mozambique 213 - Algeria 236 - Central African Rep 259 - Zanzibar [2] % 214 - (reserved Algeria) 237 - Cameroon 260 - Zambia 215 - (reserved Algeria) 238 - Cape Verde 261 - Madagascar 216 - Tunisia 239 - Sao Tome & Principe 262 - Reunion (France) 217 - (reserved Tunisia) 240 - Equatorial Guinea % 263 - Zimbabwe 218 - Libya 241 - Gabonese Republic 264 - Namibia 219 - (reserved Libya) 242 - Congo % 265 - Malawi 220 - Gambia 243 - Zaire 266 - Lesotho 221 - Senegal 244 - Angola 267 - Botswana 222 - Mauritania % 245 - Guinea-Bissau % 268 - Swaziland 223 - Mali 246 - Diego-Garcia % 269 - Comoros & Mayotte 224 - Guinea 247 - Ascension 27 - South Africa 225 - Cote d'Ivoire 248 - Seychelles 290 - St Helena [3] 226 - Burkina Faso 249 - Sudan 295 - San Marino [4] % 227 - Niger 250 - Rwandese Republic 296 - Trinidad/Tobago % [5] 228 - Togolese Republic 251 - Ethiopia 297 - Aruba [6] 229 - Benin 252 - Somalia % 298 - Faroe Islands [7] 230 - Mauritius 253 - Djibouti 299 - Greenland [8] 231 - Liberia 254 - Kenya Unknown or unassigned: 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289 290, 291, 292, 293, 294. Notes: [2] Zanzibar is routed via Tanzania as + 255 54, though the country code 259 is assigned for Zanzibar. [3] St Helena is a code found in service under British Telecom. It may not be an official assignment much as it would be a hack used by BT to provide overseas service to that point. [4] San Marino will be split from Italy's country code (was 39). [5] Trinidad and Tobago are new with country code 296, moving out of North American area code 809 (ie. + 1 809). The date when this country code takes effect is unknown. [6] Aruba got its own country code when it formally became independent of the Netherlands Antilles 1st January 1986. [7] was under Norway [8] Greenland (country code 299) is supposed to be in the part of the world where country codes begin with 3 or 4 (Europe). However, since all those codes are used up, 299 is as close to 3 or 4 as possible. Country codes beginning with 5 are also all gone. (3) Country Codes... International Dialing Country Codes (continued) Europe 30 - Greece 355 - Albania 41 - Switzerland, 31 - Netherlands 356 - Malta Liechtenstein [12] 32 - Belgium 357 - Cyprus 42 - Czechoslovakia 33 - Andorra, France, 358 - Finland 43 - Austria Monaco [9] 359 - Bulgaria 44 - United Kingdom 34 - Spain 36 - Hungary 45 - Denmark 350 - Gibraltar 37 - East Germany [10] 46 - Sweden 351 - Portugal 38 - Yugoslavia 47 - Norway 352 - Luxembourg 39 - Italy, San Marino, 48 - Poland 353 - Eire (Irish Rep) Vatican City [10] 49 - West Germany 354 - Iceland 40 - Romania % All codes beginning with 3 or 4 have been assigned at this time. Notes: [9] Andorra: + 33 628, Monaco: + 33 93 [10] Still active, even though the Germanies are now united; it is likely that country code 37 will be taken out of service as the telephone system in a united Germany will be organised under country code 49 [11] San Marino: + 39 541, but moving to country code 295 at some unknown date Vatican City: + 39 66982 [12] Liechtenstein: + 41 75 South & Central America 500 - Falkland Islands % 51 - Peru 592 - Guyana 501 - Belize 52 - Mexico 593 - Ecuador 502 - Guatemala 53 - Cuba [13] 594 - Guiana (French) 503 - El Salvador 54 - Argentina 595 - Paraguay 504 - Honduras 55 - Brazil 596 - Martinique [15] 505 - Nicaragua 56 - Chile 597 - Suriname 506 - Costa Rica 57 - Colombia 598 - Uruguay 507 - Panama 58 - Venezuela 599 - Netherlands Antilles 508 - St Pierre&Miquelon 590 - Guadeloupe [14] Antilles [16] 509 - Haiti 591 - Bolivia All codes beginning with 5 have been assigned at this time. Notes: [13] Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base: + 53 99, a special hack dialable from USA [14] includes French Antilles: St Barthelemy, St Martin, Guadeloupe [15] should now be onlyu Martinique; was all of French Antilles [16] includes Saint Maarten, Saba, Statia, Curacao, Bonaire (4) Country Codes... South Pacific 60 - Malaysia 673 - Brunei Darussalm 686 - Kiribati, Gilbert Is 61 - Australia 674 - Nauru % 687 - New Caldonia 62 - Indonesia 675 - Papua New Guinea 688 - Tuvalu, Ellice Is % 63 - Philippines 676 - Tonga (Saipan?) 64 - New Zealand 677 - Solomon Islands 689 - French Polynesia 65 - Singapore 678 - Vanuatu [18] 690 - Tokelan 66 - Thailand 679 - Fiji Islands 691 - F.S. of Micronesia 670 - Marianna Isl. [17] 680 - Palau % 692 - Marshall Islands 671 - Guam 681 - Wallis & Fortuna % 672 - Austr. Extrn. Ter.: 682 - Cook Islands Christmas Island, 683 - Niue Island % Cocos Islands, 684 - American Samoa Norfolk Island 685 - Western Samoa Unknown or unused: 693, 694, 695, 696, 697, 698, 699 Notes: [17] that is, Northern Mariana Islands, or Saipan [18] or New Hebrides Soviet Union 7 - USSR Note: It may not be possible to dial that many places within the Soviet Union, even where direct dialing facilities are available. In other words, there may be access to Moscow and perhaps a few other cities, but there may be many cities that remain inaccessible through overseas dialing. (5) Country Codes... International Dialing Country Codes (continued) East Asia (plus Inmarsat/Marisat) 81 - Japan 855 - Cambodia 874 - Inmarsat (Atl. W) [19] 82 - South Korea 856 - Laos 878 - reserved [20] 84 - Vietnam % 86 - China 879 - reserved [20] 850 - North Korea 871 - Inmarsat (Atl E) [19] 880 - Bangladesh [21] 852 - Hong Kong 872 - Inmarsat (Pacific) 886 - Taiwan [21] 853 - Macao 873 - Inmarsat (Indian) Unknown or unused: 800 [22], 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 830, 831, 832, 833, 834, 835, 836, 837, 838, 839, 851, 854, 857, 858, 859, 881, 882, 883, 884, 885, 887, 888, 889, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 897, 898, 899 Unknown or unused, but reserved for Maritime Mobile service: 870, 875, 876, 877 Notes: [19] 874 is a new assignment as INMARSAT is putting a fourth satellite into service, and adjusting its zones accordingly. This is to allow for new land-based services on the INMARSAT network, particularly in North America. 874 will become Atlantic Ocean Region West, while 871 will be for Atlantic Ocean Region East. [20] Reserved for national mobile/maritime uses in various countries [21] By CCITT policy, no more country codes of the 880-889 series are supposed to be assigned until all other country codes beginning with 8 have been taken. 886 for Taiwan is an unofficial code used for access to Taiwan. The "People's" Republic of China, on the other hand, has assigned Taiwan access via country code 866 (presumably + 86 6, through China). [22] There is some discussion in CCITT circles that the 800 country code could be established as an international-access toll free service. This is subject to a formal proposal and CCITT approval, however. Middle East 90 - Turkey 962 - Jordan 971 - United Arab Emirates 91 - India 963 - Syria 972 - Israel 92 - Pakistan 964 - Iraq 973 - Bahrain 93 - Afghanistan % 965 - Kuwait 974 - Qatar 94 - Sri Lanka 966 - Saudi Arabia 976 - Mongolia % 95 - Myanmar (Burma) 967 - Yemen Arab Rep 977 - Nepal 960 - Maldives 968 - Oman 98 - Iran 961 - Lebanon 969 - Yemen Dem Rep % [23] Unused or Unknown: 970, 975, 978, 979, 990, 991, 992, 993, 994, 995, 996, 997, 998, 999 Notes: [23] with the unification of the Yemen republics, it appears that this country code will no longer be needed, as 967 Yemen Arab Republic code will likely take over. In the meantime, the dialing procedures remain as if Yemen were still separate countries, at least until the telephone system can be unified. No country codes begin with '0'. (continued...) (6) Country Codes... There would be 197 assigned country codes, with 8 codes reserved (210, 211, 214, 215, 217, 219, 878, 879). 77 more standard country codes can be assigned (assuming that 2 digit codes aren't split up into 3 digit codes, etc), not including the 4 unassigned/unknown mobile/marisat codes in the 87x series. Approximately 21 country codes are not dialable from Canada as of December 1991 (including any country codes yet to be placed into service like Trinidad & Tobago). The most recent to be in service from Canada are 224 Guinea, 231 Liberia and 232 Sierra Leone. 355 Albania was recently made available for dialing, the result of reforms in that country. Romania (40) seemed to have been active for some time, but is presently unavailable as a dialable country. Also recently added were 233 Ghana, 253 Djibouti, 258 Mozambique, 264 Namibia, and 95 Myanmar (Burma). There are signs that 296 Trinidad and Tobago may be placed into service soon from Canada. From a payphone, it cost $16.30 (in March 1991) for a 3-minute call to Myanmar/Burma from Canada. Ghana is a relative bargain at $7.95 for 3 minutes. Don't even think of trying to use coins for an Inmarsat call ($36 or more for the three minutes). Thanks go to those who discussed the country codes on Telecom Digest, a service avaialable through Usenet and other places. In particular, information from John Covert, Mike Grant, Dolf Grunbauer, John Levine, Chris Johnston and undoubtedly others of this newsgroup has been helpful in the updating of this list.