Venezuela

NOTE: On 18 August 2001, Venezuela completed a nationwide conversion
of land-line phones to three-digit area codes and seven-digit local numbers.

NOTE 2: All mobile phone codes were prefixed by a "4" as of 15 September 2001. See below.

Information on places not listed here may be found in the list of state changes and locations with new codes posted below.
You can also look up number changes on the CANTV web site (in Spanish).

City Codes
Barcelona	281
Barquisimeto	251
Cabimas	264
Caracas	212
Ciudad Bolivar	285
Coro	268
Cumana	293
Los Teques	212
Maiquetia	212
Maracaibo	261
Maracay	243
Maturin	291
Merida	274
Puerto Cabello	242
San Cristobal	276
Valencia	241

Mobile Phones
Digitel (GSM 900) Nationwide	412, 417, 418
Telcel (CDMA 800) Nationwide	414
Globalstar (Satiletal) Satellite communications	415
MovilNet (TDMA 800) Nationwide	416

Below is a list of states (estados) with changed codes.
Unless addressed in the previous table, all locations in these states observed the new code on the date specified.

State	Existing/Old Codes	New Codes	Date Effective
Cojedes and Anzoátegui	58, 81, 82, 83	258 281, 282, 283	20 January 2001
Gran Caracas	2	212	24 February 2001
Carabobo, Guárico and Nueva Esparta	41, 42, 45, 49, 38, 46, 95, 35	241, 242, 245, 249, 238, 246, 295, 235	24 March 2001
Aragua, Amazonas, Apure, Barinas and Mérida	43, 44, 47, 73, 74, 75, 48	243, 244, 247, 273, 274, 275, 248	21 April 2001
Zulia and Monagas	61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 71, 75, 87, 91, 92	261, 262,263, 264, 265, 267, 271,275, 287, 291, 292	19 May 2001
Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Portuguesa and Trujillo	85, 86, 87, 88, 55, 56, 57, 71, 72 (57 changed to 272)	285, 286, 287, 288, 255, 256, 271, 272	16 June 2001
Miranda, Yaracuy and Lara	34, 37, 39, 54, 51, 52, 53	234, 237, 239, 254, 251, 252, 253	14 July 2001
Falcón, Táchira and Sucre	68, 69, 70, 76, 77, 78, 93, 94 (77 will change to 278)	268, 269, 270, 276, 278, 293, 294	18 August 2001

Below is a list of locales that have been issued an entirely new area code, with the effective date of the change.

Location	Existing/Old Code	New Code	Date Effective
Caicara del Orinoco	35	284	24 March 2001
Boca de Aroa, Tucacas, Chichiriviche, Tocuyo de la Costa, San Juan de los Cayos, Capadare, Mirimire and Yaracal	42	259	24 March 2001
Puerto Páez	48	247	24 March 2001
Elorza, Mantecal and Bruzual	47	240	21 April 2001
Pueblo Llano and Santo Domingo	73	274	21 April 2001
Mene Mauroa	64	279	19 May 2001
Dabajuro and Capatarida	66	279	19 May 2001
Santa Elena de Uairén	88	289	16 June 2001
Campo Elías	57	272	16 June 2001
El Nula	77	278	18 August 01

General Numbering Plan Details
For further information go to ***http://www.conatel.gov.ve***
International Direct Dialing	00
Prefixes for specific carriers XX denotes carrier code	01XX
Existing Area Codes XX denotes previous code	02XX
Reserved	03
Universal Personal Numbers	04
Universal Access Numbers	05
Virtual Private Network (VPN) access	06
Reserved	07
Freephone (toll-free)	08XX
Premium rate services (billed to phone)	09XX