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{{short description|Area code in south Texas, United States}}
{{Texas area codes image map|956}}
'''Area code 956''' is a telephone [[NPA code|area code]] in the [[North American Numbering Plan]] for the Lower and Middle [[Lower Rio Grande Valley|Rio Grande Valley]] regions in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]]. The [[numbering plan area]] (NPA) includes the communities of [[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]], [[McAllen, Texas|McAllen]], [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]] and [[South Padre Island, Texas|South Padre Island]]. The area code was created on May 25, 1997, in a split of [[area code 210|NPA 210]].

Projections in 2024 by the [[North American Numbering Plan Administrator]] (NANPA) indicated that 956 will enter exhaustion levels by late 2027 and relief action will be required in the Rio Grande Valley by that time.<ref name="exhaust">{{cite web|url=https://nationalnanpa.com/reports/2024-1_NPA_Exhaust_Projections_Final.pdf|date=April 16, 2024|publisher=North American Numbering Plan Administrator |title=2024-1 NRUF and NPA Exhaust Analysis|access-date=June 28, 2024}}</ref>

==Service area==
Counties served by this area code:
:[[Cameron County, Texas|Cameron]], [[Hidalgo County, Texas|Hidalgo]], [[Jim Hogg County, Texas|Jim Hogg]], [[La Salle County, Texas|La Salle]], [[Starr County, Texas|Starr]], [[Webb County, Texas|Webb]], [[Willacy County, Texas|Willacy]], and [[Zapata County, Texas|Zapata]]

Towns and cities served by this area code:
:[[Alamo, Texas|Alamo]], [[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]], [[Combes, Texas|Combes]], [[Delmita, Texas|Delmita]], [[Donna, Texas|Donna]], [[Edcouch, Texas|Edcouch]], [[Edinburg, Texas|Edinburg]], [[Elsa, Texas|Elsa]], [[Encinal, Texas|Encinal]], [[Falcon Heights, Texas|Falcon Heights]], [[Garciasville, Texas|Garciasville]], [[La Grulla, Texas|Grulla]], [[Guerra, Texas|Guerra]], [[Hargill, Texas|Hargill]], [[Harlingen, Texas|Harlingen]], [[Hidalgo, Texas|Hidalgo]], [[La Blanca, Texas|La Blanca]], [[La Feria, Texas|La Feria]], [[La Joya, Texas|La Joya]], [[La Villa, Texas|La Villa]], [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]], [[Lasara, Texas|Lasara]], [[Linn, Texas|Linn]], [[Lopeno, Texas|Lopeño]], [[Los Ebanos, Hidalgo County, Texas|Los Ebanos]], [[Los Fresnos, Texas|Los Fresnos]], [[Los Indios, Texas|Los Indios]], [[Lozano, Texas|Lozano]], [[Lyford, Texas|Lyford]], [[McAllen, Texas|McAllen]], [[Mercedes, Texas|Mercedes]], [[Mission, Texas|Mission]], [[Olmito, Texas|Olmito]], [[Peñitas, Texas|Peñitas]], [[Pharr, Texas|Pharr]], [[Port Isabel, Texas|Port Isabel]], [[Port Mansfield, Texas|Port Mansfield]], [[Progreso, Texas|Progreso]], [[Raymondville, Texas|Raymondville]], [[Rio Grande City, Texas|Rio Grande City]], [[Rio Hondo, Texas|Rio Hondo]], [[Roma, Texas|Roma]], [[Salineno, Texas|Salineno]], [[San Benito, Texas|San Benito]], [[San Isidro, Texas|San Isidro]], [[San Juan, Texas|San Juan]], [[San Perlita, Texas|San Perlita]], [[San Ygnacio, Texas|San Ygnacio]], [[Santa Elena, Texas|Santa Elena]], [[Santa Maria, Texas|Santa Maria]], [[Santa Rosa, Texas|Santa Rosa]], [[Sebastian, Texas|Sebastian]], [[South Padre Island, Texas|South Padre Island]], [[Sullivan City, Texas|Sullivan City]], [[Weslaco, Texas|Weslaco]], and [[Zapata, Texas|Zapata]]

==See also==
*[[List of Texas area codes]]
*[[List of North American Numbering Plan area codes]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

{{Area_code_footer|Map=TX}}

{{Area code box|State=TX
| This=956
| N= [[area code 830|830]]
| S= Country code 52 ([[Mexico]])
| E= [[area code 361|361]], [[Gulf of Mexico]]
| W= Country code 52 ([[Mexico]])
}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Area Code 956}}
[[Category:Area codes in the United States|956]]
[[Category:Area codes in Texas|956]]
[[Category:Cameron County, Texas]]
[[Category:Webb County, Texas]]
[[Category:Laredo, Texas]]

Area code 956 - Revision history

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