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Area code 340 is the local telephone area code of the U.S. Virgin Islands. The 340 area code was created during a split from the original 809 area code, which began permissive dialing on 1 June 1997 and ended 30 June 1998. When in the U.S. Virgin Islands, one can dial the seven digits without the area code.
From 1958 to 1999, most of the British West Indies in the Caribbean Basin, Bermuda, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico shared area code 809. By the mid-1990s, with the proliferation of fax machines, mobile phones, computers, and pagers in the region, the pool of available central office codes was exhausting.
The United States took possession of the islands on March 31, 1917, and the territory was renamed the Virgin Islands of the United States. [27] [29] Every year, Transfer Day is recognized as a holiday, to commemorate the acquisition of the islands by the United States. [30] Rear Admiral James H. Oliver was the first American governor of the ...
Telephones - main lines in use: 74,200 (2008) The traditional wire line provider in the United States Virgin Islands is Viya. Viya is a subsidiary of ATN International [1] Telephones - mobile cellular: 80,300 (2005) The islands are served by Liberty Communications, Viya, Claro Puerto Rico, and T-Mobile US. Telephone system:
2 Area codes by country, state, province, ... British Virgin Islands (all ... 1980, the area code served Tijuana, Mexico, and adjacent areas bordering the United States;
NANP members are assigned three-digit numbering plan area (NPA) codes under the common country prefix 1, shown in the format 1 (NPA). 1 North American Numbering Plan; 1 – United States, including United States territories: 1 (340) – United States Virgin Islands; 1 (670) – Northern Mariana Islands; 1 (671) – Guam; 1 (684) – American Samoa
Each has since been assigned one or more distinct numbering plan areas; area code 809 exclusively serves the Dominican Republic (along with area codes 829 and 849). The United States Pacific territories of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam joined the NANP in 1997, and American Samoa became an NANP member in October 2004. The Dutch ...
U.S. Virgin Islands United States (Includes territories and possessions) United States Independent State in the World Washington, DC US VI 78 1990-01-01 The U.S. took possession of the islands on March 31, 1917 and the territory was renamed the Virgin Islands of the United States 1 5 501 U.S. Pacific Trust Territories and Possessions