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A map of Utah with the 801 and 385 area code overlay highlighted in red The original 801 area code, as shown on a 1952 map. Area codes 801 and 385 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) serving Salt Lake City and the four surrounding counties of the Wasatch Front in north-central Utah .
A map of Utah with the 801 and 385 area code overlay in red and area code 435 in white. The state of Utah is divided into two telephone numbering plan areas in the North American Numbering Plan, which are assigned a total of three area codes, two overlay codes for the Salt Lake City area, and one code for the rest of the state.
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.
An area code overlay is a numbering plan area (NPA) in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) that has multiple area codes assigned. Overlay complexes are used to add central office prefixes in an NPA to increase the number of available telephone numbers .
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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).
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The largest telephone numbering plan in North American is the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), serving 25 regions or countries. Other countries maintain an autonomous numbering plan with distinct country codes within the international E.164 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union.