Telephone numbers in Aruba

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Telephone numbers in Aruba
Country Aruba
Continent South America
Format+297 NNX XXXX
Country code +297
International access 00

Telephone numbers in Aruba have country code 297. It is one of the few countries outside Africa to have a country code starting with 2. Before Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986, it was part of the Netherlands Antilles numbering plan (+599) [1] with phone numbers starting with +599 8. Landline numbers begin with 28, 52 or 58. [2] Mobile numbers begin with a 56, 59, 64, 73, 74 or 99. Numbers are seven digits long, otherwise in line with the North American Numbering Plan, despite not being part of it.

IslandNumber range
Aruba (until secession)(+599) 8xx xxxx
Aruba (after secession)(+297) 28x xxxx (landline)
(+297) 52x xxxx (landline)
(+297) 58x xxxx (landline)
(+297) 56x xxxx (mobile)
(+297) 59x xxxx (mobile)
(+297) 64x xxxx (mobile)
(+297) 73x xxxx (mobile)
(+297) 74x xxxx (mobile)
(+297) 99x xxxx (mobile)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Strategisch Onderzoek Nummerbeleid" (PDF) (in Dutch). Stratix. March 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "Presentation of national ITU-T E.164 numbering plan for country code 297" (PDF). itu.int. 29 March 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.


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