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A business with a 212 area code is often perceived as having the prestige of Manhattan and the convenience of stability, [16] [17] particularly if a number has been in service for several decades. An example is 212-736-5000 ( PEnnsylvania 6-5000 ), the number for the Hotel Pennsylvania in Midtown.
NPA Year Current region 212: 1947 New York City: Manhattan only; overlays with 332, 646, and 917 : 315: 1947 Syracuse, Utica, Watertown, and north central New York; overlaid by 680.
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Consider the 212 area code in Manhattan, for instance. New Yorkers have bestowed it with a certain status; there's even a phone brokerage company that sells 212 numbers.
The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) divides the territories of its members into geographic numbering plan areas (NPAs). Each NPA is identified by one or more numbering plan area codes (NPA codes, or area codes), consisting of three digits that are prefixed to each local telephone number having seven digits.
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+212 is the code for international direct-dial phone calls to Morocco [1]; Area code 212, the first telephone area code used for Manhattan [2] "212" (song), a 2011 song by Harlem rapper Azealia Banks
The original North American area codes were established by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1947, after the demonstration of regional Operator Toll Dialing during the World War II period.