Area code 809

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Contents 1 Present day 809 2 Historical 809 2.1 By country name 2.2 By Area code 3 See also 4 External links

Present day 809

The area codes (809) along with (829) (as an overlay), are today the local telephone area codes solely for the Dominican Republic

Following Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the year 1999, no other countries still pass-thru old numbers from the legacy 809 area code.

When in the Dominican Republic, the full area code + seven digit phone number must be dialed. When calling to the Dominican Republic from anywhere in the United States or Canada dial, 1(809) + seven digit phone number.

Historical 809

The area code (809) which was first deployed in 1958, was until the mid-1990s covering much of the British West Indies in the Caribbean Basin plus Bermuda, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. With the advent of fax machines, mobile phones, computers, and pagers and their growth in the region, the entire 809 block of seven-digit numbers was almost entirely allocated. The answer became to add more area codes for each and every one of the territories in the West Indies and Bermuda. Thereby no longer having multiple nation-states grouped solely within the (809) area code. The only island to still utilize the legacy 809 area code today is the Dominican Republic. The divested parts of the former (809) area code now have their own new area codes. Those places now include:

By country name

• Anguilla -- Area code 264
• Antigua and Barbuda -- Area code 268
• The Bahamas -- Area code 242
• Barbados -- Area code 246
• Bermuda -- Area code 441
• the British Virgin Islands -- Area code 284
• the Cayman Islands -- Area code 345
• the Commonwealth of Dominica -- Area code 767
• the Dominican Republic Area code 809 -and- Area code 829
• Grenada -- Area code 473
• Jamaica -- Area code 876
• Montserrat -- Area code 664
• Puerto Rico -- Area code 787 -and- Area code 939
• Saint Kitts and Nevis -- Area code 869
• Saint Lucia -- Area code 758
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Area code 784
• Trinidad and Tobago -- Area code 868
• the Turks and Caicos Islands -- Area code 649
• the U.S. Virgin Islands -- Area code 340

By Area code

• Area code 242 -- The Bahamas
• Area code 246 -- Barbados
• Area code 264 -- Anguilla
• Area code 268 -- Antigua and Barbuda
• Area code 284 -- the British Virgin Islands
• Area code 340 -- the U.S. Virgin Islands
• Area code 345 -- the Cayman Islands
• Area code 441 -- Bermuda
• Area code 473 -- Grenada
• Area code 649 -- the Turks and Caicos Islands
• Area code 664 -- Montserrat
• Area code 758 -- Saint Lucia
• Area code 767 -- the Commonwealth of Dominica
• Area code 784 -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Area code 787 -- Puerto Rico
• Area code 809 -- the Dominican Republic (Present day 809)
• Area code 829 -- the Dominican Republic
• Area code 868 -- Trinidad and Tobago
• Area code 869 -- Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Area code 876 -- Jamaica
• Area code 939 -- Puerto Rico

See also

• List of North American area codes
• North American Numbering Plan

External links

• North American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA)