Telephone numbers in Thailand

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Country Code: 66
International Call Prefix: 00

[edit] Land Lines

To dial a land line in Thailand all over the country, the format is Area Code + Phone Number. Bangkok, Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan, Pathum Thani and a part of Samut Sakhon are the provinces with 2-digit area code (02) followed by a 7-digit phone number. For other provinces, the area code is 3-digit long, followed by a 6-digit phone number. This allows the caller to dial 9 digits regardless of the location the calling made. For example, calls made within Bangkok begins with 02 followed by 7-digit phone numbers. And calls made from Chiang Mai to Bangkok also begins with 02 followed by 7-digit numbers.

Calls made from outside Thailand must omit the prefix 0. Therefore to call a land line number in Bangkok from other countries, dialing begins with +66 2 xxx xxxx.

[edit] Area code

02

1. Bangkok (Krung Thep Maha Nakhon)
2. Nonthaburi
3. Pathum Thani
4. Samut Prakan

032

1. Phetchaburi
2. Prachuap Khiri Khan
3. Ratchaburi

034

1. Kanchanaburi
2. Nakhon Pathom
3. Samut Sakhon
4. Samut Songkhram

035

1. Ang Thong
2. Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
3. Suphan Buri

036

1. Lop Buri
2. Saraburi
3. Sing Buri

037

1. Nakhon Nayok
2. Prachin Buri
3. Sa Kaeo

038

1. Chachoengsao
2. Chon Buri
3. Rayong

039

1. Chanthaburi
2. Trat

042

1. Loei
2. Mukdahan
3. Nakhon Phanom
4. Nong Bua Lamphu
5. Nong Khai
6. Sakon Nakhon
7. Udon Thani

043

1. Kalasin
2. Khon Kaen
3. Maha Sarakham
4. Roi Et

044

1. Buri Ram
2. Chaiyaphum
3. Nakhon Ratchasima
4. Surin

045

1. Amnat Charoen
2. Si Sa Ket
3. Ubon Ratchathani
4. Yasothon

053

1. Chiang Mai
2. Chiang Rai
3. Lamphun
4. Mae Hong Son

054

1. Lampang
2. Nan
3. Phayao
4. Phrae

055

1. Kamphaeng Phet
2. Phitsanulok
3. Sukhothai
4. Tak
5. Uttaradit

056

1. Chai Nat
2. Nakhon Sawan
3. Phetchabun
4. Phichit
5. Uthai Thani

073

1. Narathiwat
2. Pattani
3. Yala

074

1. Phatthalung
2. Satun
3. Songkhla

075

1. Krabi
2. Nakhon Si Thammarat
3. Trang

076

1. Phang Nga
2. Phuket

077

1. Chumphon
2. Ranong
3. Surat Thani

[edit] Mobile Phones

Likewise, to call mobile phones from land line or mobile phones, dialing begins with 08 followed by 8-digit phone numbers. To the confusion of foreigners, mobile phone numbers in Thailand are one digit longer than land line numbers. Thailand had been using a 2-digit prefix for mobile phones (01, 06, 09, for example). The authority has recently (since October 2006) changed the system into a 3-digit prefix (01 became 081, 06 became 086, and so on by simply adding number 8 after 0). So mobile phone numbers in Thailand are 10 digits long while land lines are only 9 digits long.

Calls made from outside Thailand must omit the prefix 0. Therefore to call a mobile number in Thailand from other countries, dialing begins with +66 8 xxxx xxxx.