Telephone numbers in Puerto Rico
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Telephone numbers in Puerto Rico are assigned under the North American Numbering Plan (NANP).
The NANP area codes for the island are 787 and 939.
Prior to March 1, 1996, Puerto Rico was one of many Caribbean islands served by area code 809. On that date, Puerto Rico was assigned a new area code: 787. (787 was chosen because it spells PTR -- an abbreviation of Puerto Rico -- on a telephone keypad.) Permissive dialing of 809 ended January 31, 1997.
Within only four years, 787 was already on the brink of exhaustion due to the proliferation of cell phones and dial-up Internet connections. To solve the problem, 787 was overlaid with area code 939 in or about September 2001, with ten-digit dialing required for all calls.
See also
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| North: Atlantic Ocean | ||
| West: 809/829/849 | 787/939 | East: 340 |
| South: Caribbean Sea | ||
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