Calling and Area Codes

Country code +500 (dialed as 00 500 from many places) is the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), a UK territory near southern Argentina.

(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 North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

UK area code 01708 (or +44 1708 in international format) is Romford.

An international number beginning with +1 708 is in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, USA.

(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 North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

Rodney, ON, Canada, is in area code +1 519 and overlay area code +1 226, the same as Windsor and London.

(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.)

Area code +1 754 serves Ft. Lauderdale and Broward County, Florida, as an overlay on area code +1 954.

(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 North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

Telephone country codes never begin with zero.

Country code +299, dialed as 00 299 from many places, is Greenland.

Country code +99, dialed as 002 99 from many places, is an incomplete code for one of the former Soviet republics in central Asia, or for a transnational telephone service. You need one more digit to identify the country or service. For example, +992 is Tajikistan.

To avoid confusion, it is best to write an international telephone number in correct international format, beginning with the plus symbol and the correct telephone country code (e.g., +299 or +992), omitting any dialing prefix.

(The plus signmeans "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 North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

Westmeath is not a country.

The telephone country code for the Republic of Ireland is +353. (Northern Ireland is part of the UK's country code +44.)

County Westmeath has at least three telephone area codes, 044 for Mullingar, 057 for Kilbeggan, and 090 for Athlone. In international format, replace the leading 0 with country code +353, e.g., 044 becomes +353 44.

(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 North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)