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Congo (Kinshasa): Independence: June 30, 1960 (from Belgium). Formerly called Zaire until name change in 1997. 1 519 51901 Benin Africa Benin Independent State in the World Porto-Novo BJ 1960-08-01 The territory became a French Colony in 1872 and achieved independence on 1 August 1960, as the Republic of Benin. Formerly known as Dahomey. 1 521 ...
An area code of three digits dialed after the country code determines the area served in the United States and its territories, Canada, and much of the Caribbean. Zone 2 uses two 2-digit codes (20, 27) and eight sets of 3-digit codes (21x–26x, 28x, 29x), mostly to serve Africa , but also Aruba , Faroe Islands , Greenland and British Indian ...
Area codes are also assigned for non-geographic purposes. The rules for numbering NPAs do not permit the digits 0 and 1 in the leading position. [1] Area codes with two identical trailing digits are easily recognizable codes (ERC). NPAs with 9 in the second position are reserved for future format expansion.
Where there is a page listing all area codes for that state or country, each area code listed on it should point back to the state's area code list page. If there is only one area code for the country or state, then it is placed on that area code page, e.g. [[Area code 302|Delaware]]
Other countries maintain an autonomous numbering plan with distinct country codes within the international E.164 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union. Original North American area codes; List of North American Numbering Plan area codes; Telephone numbers in Mexico; Telephone numbers in Greenland
This is a list of future area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) that are in the planning stages for relief of central office code exhaustion in the given numbering plan areas (NPAs). The dates are subject to change during implementation as published in the official NANP Administrator Planning Letters.
Each NPA was identified by a three-digit area code used as a prefix to each local telephone number. The United States received seventy-seven area codes, and Canada nine. The initial system of numbering plan areas and area codes was expanded rapidly during the ensuing decades, and established the North American Numbering Plan (NANP).
Area code Year Current region 212: 1947 New York City: Manhattan only; component of 212/332/646 and 917 overlays 315: 1947 Syracuse, Utica, Watertown, and north central New York; component of 315/680 overlay 329: 2023: Poughkeepsie, Middletown, Newburgh, West Point, Goshen and southeastern New York; component of 845/329 overlay 332: 2017