Area codes in the Caribbean

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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 and growth of fax machines, mobile phones, computers, and pagers in the region, the entire 809 block of seven-digit numbers was almost entirely allocated. The solution was to add more area codes for each of the territories in the West Indies and Bermuda; as a result, multiple nation-states no longer are 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:

1 By country name
2 By Area code
3 Former 809 Area code plan
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] 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
Haiti -- Country code 509
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

[edit] 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
Country code 509 -- Haiti
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

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

[edit] Former 809 Area code plan

The following was the 1994-1995 (809) numbering plan. Starting in the 1980s, Puerto Rico, Bermuda and the Dominican Republic began to use prefixes from unused ranges throughout the 2xx to 9xx range. Historic (1960s-mid 1980s) ranges are shown in parentheses.

Anguilla -- (809) + 497 + (four digits) (National Number 4972 or 4973)
Antigua and Barbuda -- (809) + 46 + (five digits) (National Number 46)
The Bahamas -- (809) + (seven digits) (began with 32/33/34/35/36/37)
Barbados -- (809) + (seven digits) (began with 42 or 43)
Bermuda -- (809) + (seven digits) (National Number 29, then changed to 7D, as 23 or 29)
British Virgin Islands -- (809) + 49 + (five digits) (National Number 49)
Carriacou -- (809) + (seven digits)
the Cayman Islands -- (809) + 94 + (five digits) (National Number 94)
the Commonwealth of Dominica -- (809) + 44 + (five digits) (National Number 44 shared with Grenada)
the Dominican Republic (809) + (seven digits) (began with 5 or with 68)
Grenada -- (809) + (seven digits) (National Number 44 shared with Dominica)
Jamaica -- (809) + (seven digits) (began with 9, other than 94s)
Montserrat -- (809) + 491 + (four digits) (National Number 491)
Puerto Rico -- (809) + (seven digits) (began with 7 or 8)
Saint Kitts and Nevis -- (809) + 465 + (four digits) (National Numbers 465 for St. Kitts, 469 for Nevis)
Saint Lucia -- (809) + (seven digits) (National Number 45 shared with St Vincent)
Saint Vincent -- (809) + 45 + (five digits) (National Number 45 shared with St. Lucia)
Trinidad and Tobago -- (809) + (seven digits) (began with 6, other than 68)
the U.S. Virgin Islands -- (809) + (seven digits) (began with 77)