LincMad Telephone Area Codes & Splits

International Country Codes
1 North America 269 Mayotte, Comoros Is. 501 Belize 690 Tokelau
20 Egypt 27 South Africa 502 Guatemala 691 F.S. Micronesia
212 Morocco [*] 290 Saint Helena 503 El Salvador 692 Marshall Islands
213 Algeria [*] 291 Eritrea 504 Honduras 7 Russia, [*] Kazakhstan,
Tajikistan, (Uzbekistan - 998)
216 Tunisia [*] 297 Aruba 505 Nicaragua
218 Libya [*] 298 Færoe Islands 506 Costa Rica 800 Int'l Freephone [*]
220 Gambia 299 Greenland [*] 507 Panama 81 Japan
221 Senegal 30 Greece 508 St Pierre & Miquélon 82 Korea (South)
222 Mauritania 31 Netherlands 509 Haiti 84 Viet Nam
223 Mali 32 Belgium 51 Peru 850 DPR Korea (North)
224 Guinea 33 France 52 Mexico 852 Hong Kong [*]
225 Ivory Coast 34 Spain 53 Cuba 853 Macau
226 Burkina Faso 350 Gibraltar 54 Argentina 855 Cambodia
227 Niger 351 Portugal 55 Brazil 856 Laos
228 Togo 352 Luxembourg 56 Chile 86 (People's Rep.) China
229 Benin 353 Ireland 57 Colombia 870 Inmarsat SNAC
230 Mauritius 354 Iceland 58 Venezuela 871 Inmarsat (Atl-East)
231 Liberia 355 Albania 590 Guadeloupe 872 Inmarsat (Pacific)
232 Sierra Leone 356 Malta 591 Bolivia 873 Inmarsat (Indian O.)
233 Ghana 357 Cyprus 592 Guyana 874 Inmarsat (Atl-West)
234 Nigeria 358 Finland 593 Ecuador 880 Bangladesh
235 Chad 359 Bulgaria 594 Guiana (French) 881 Satellite services [*]
236 Central African Rep. 36 Hungary 595 Paraguay 886 Taiwan/"reserved" [*]
237 Cameroon 370 Lithuania 596 Martinique 90 Turkey
238 Cape Verde 371 Latvia 597 Suriname 91 India
239 São Tomé & Principé 372 Estonia 598 Uruguay 92 Pakistan
240 Equatorial Guinea 373 Moldova 599 Netherlands Antilles 93 Afghanistan
241 Gabon 374 Armenia 60 Malaysia 94 Sri Lanka
242 Congo 375 Belarus 61 Australia 95 Myanmar (Burma)
243 Zaire 376 Andorra 62 Indonesia, East Timor 960 Maldives
244 Angola 377 Monaco 63 Philippines 961 Lebanon
245 Guinea-Bissau 378 San Marino (use +39) [*] 64 New Zealand 962 Jordan
246 Diego Garcia 379 Vatican City (use +39) [*] 65 Singapore 963 Syria
247 Ascension 380 Ukraine 66 Thailand 964 Iraq
248 Seychelles 381 Yugoslavia 670 DISCONTINUED [*] 965 Kuwait
249 Sudan 385 Croatia 671 DISCONTINUED [*] 966 Saudi Arabia
250 Rwanda 386 Slovenia 672 Australian Ext. Terr. 967 Yemen
251 Ethiopia 387 Bosnia - Herzegovina 673 Brunei Darussalam 968 Oman
252 Somalia 389 (FYR) Macedonia 674 Nauru 970 Palestine [*]
253 Djibouti 39 Italy 675 Papua New Guinea 971 United Arab Emirates
254 Kenya 40 Romania 676 Tonga 972 Israel
255 Tanzania [*] 41 Switzerland, (Liecht.) 677 Solomon Islands 973 Bahrain
256 Uganda 42 DISCONTINUED [*] 678 Vanuatu 974 Qatar
257 Burundi 420 Czech Republic [*] 679 Fiji 975 Bhutan
258 Mozambique 421 Slovakia [*] 680 Palau 976 Mongolia
260 Zambia 423 Liecht. (use +41) [*] 681 Wallis and Futuna 977 Nepal
261 Madagascar 43 Austria 682 Cook Islands 98 Iran
262 Reunion Island 44 United Kingdom 683 Niue 992 Tajikistan (use +7) [*]
263 Zimbabwe 45 Denmark 684 American Samoa 993 Turkmenistan
264 Namibia 46 Sweden 685 Western Samoa 994 Azerbaijan
265 Malawi 47 Norway 686 Kiribati 995 Rep. of Georgia
266 Lesotho 48 Poland 687 New Caledonia 996 Kyrgyz Republic
267 Botswana 49 Germany 688 Tuvalu 997 ? Kazakhstan ? (+7) [*]
268 Swaziland 500 Falkland Islands 689 French Polynesia 998 Uzbekistan [*]

Special notes:

Country code +970 has been officially announced for the areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Gaza. Implementation is expected in 1999.

Country code +42 (Czech Republic and Slovakia) has divided into +420 for the Czech Republic and +421 for Slovakia, effective 02/28/1997. There was no permissive dialing (parallel running) for this change -- all calls must now be dialed with the new country code.

Liechtenstein has been assigned country code +423; implementation is planned for 1999. Until the change takes effect, Liechtenstein will continue to use Switzerland's country code +41, city code 75.

Country code 881 is used for satellite services, with the next digit indicating the specific service. +881-6 is Iridium.

Country code 800 is Universal International Freephone Numbers (UIFN). These numbers are toll-free from any country that participates in the UIFN scheme and from which the number's owner elects to receive calls. The numbers are not the same as 1-800 numbers in North America or 0800 or 1800 or similar numbers in other countries.

Use of country codes +670 and +671 has been discontinued, as the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; includes Saipan and Tinian) and Guam have joined the North American Numbering Plan (country code 1). As of July 1, 1998, you must use +1 670 for CNMI and +1 671 for Guam. (The new North American area codes match the previous international country codes.)

New country codes have been assigned for several European micro-states in the +37X range, and for several Asian former Soviet republics in the +99X range. No formal announcement of Kazakhstan's new country code has been made; the listing for +997 is purely speculation. Some of the new country codes have already gone into service, but others are pending. Available sources indicate that +376 Andorra and +377 Monaco have gone into effect, but +378 San Marino and +379 Vatican City are still pending, with no activation date specified. +993 Turkmenistan, +994 Azerbaijan, +995 Georgia, and +996 Kyrgyz Republic are active, but +992 Tajikistan is still pending. +998 Uzbekistan has been reported active. Again, +997 for Kazakhstan is only speculation on a possible future change.

Country code +21 is officially a unified numbering scheme for Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. Each country has reserved two or three of the +21X codes. However, only the codes shown are actually in use.

Country code +259 is officially assigned to Zanzibar. However, Zanzibar is a part of Tanzania -- Tanzania is the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar -- and is numbered under Tanzania's country code +255. There is no reason for Zanzibar to have requested a separate country code, nor is there any reason that the ITU (then the CCITT) should have granted this improper request. I have therefore omitted this code from the table, since it has never been used and will never be used for any purpose.

The Republic of China (Taiwan) is officially recognized by the ITU as a part of the People's Republic of China. The country code +886 is designated merely as "reserved," without reference to location. However, most calls to Taiwan originating outside of the People's Republic of China are routed using country code +886, as shown in the table above. Hong Kong was politically united with the PRC on July 1, 1997; all indications are that China has no plans to change the numbering for Hong Kong in the foreseeable future.

Kalaallit Nunaat, also known as Greenland or Grønland, has country code +299. Although the +2 zone is primarily for Africa, ITU policy allows countries or territories in regions with no codes available (such as the +5 zone where Greenland is located) to use spare codes from other regions.

Abbreviations: FYR Macedonia = Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; F.S. Micronesia = Federated States of Micronesia.

Additional information about international country codes and other numbering issues is available from the World Telephone Numbering Guide (link updated 8/16/99), maintained by Dave Leibold. In particular, several countries (Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, Australia, France, and others) have recently undertaken or are planning to undertake significant changes in their national numbering plans.

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