Before the 876 area code what was Jamaica's area code?

Answer 1

Before the 876 area code was created in 1997, Jamaica was in area code 809.

Until it broke up in the late 1990's, with each island country or territory getting its own unique area code, area code 809 served the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands, plus Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, and the Turks & Caicos Islands.

Area code 809 now serves only the Dominican Republic, which also has overlay codes 829 and 849.

Answer 2

Jamaica is in country code +1, area code 876.

Although calls to/from the USA or Canada are dialed the same way as domestic calls (1 + area code + number), international toll charges will apply.

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

Answer 3

Before area code 809, the area code for Jamaica was, "Operator, I'd like to call Jamaica, in the Caribbean, please." Beginning in about 1958, people in the US and Canada and other North American countries with customer-dialed long distance calling could call Jamaica using area code 809.

On May 1, 1997, Jamaica got the new area code 876, and since July 31, 1998, you must use 876 for Jamaica. In international format, that's +1 876.