Telephone numbers in

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

follow the

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E.164 recommended format its

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. A caller from outside Azerbaijan would dial the international access number (

international call prefix An international call prefix, international dial-out code or international direct dial code (IDD code) is a trunk prefix that indicates an international phone call. In the dialling sequence, the prefix precedes the country calling code (and, fur ...

) of the originating country (00 for many countries, 011 from

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areas), then dial the

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(in this case 994), omit the trunk prefix, then dial the two-digit area code, and then the seven-digit local number. For example, to reach the US embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, a caller in the United States would dial 011-994-12-498 0335, while a caller in the UK would dial 00-994-12-498 0335. (The area code for Baku is 12.) For calls within Azerbaijan but outside the caller's area code, the caller would not dial an international access number or country code, but dial the trunk prefix (in this case 0) then the area code, followed by the telephone number. So, for instance, to call the American embassy in Baku from

Ganja, Azerbaijan Ganja (; az, Gəncə ) is Azerbaijan's third largest city, with a population of around 335,600.Azərbaycan Respublikası. — 2. Azərbaycan Respublikasının iqtisadi və inzibati rayonları. — 2.4. Azərbaycan Respublikasının iqtisadi və ...

, a caller would dial 012-498 0335. For a local call (that is, a call in Azerbaijan within the caller's area code) one simply dials the local number: 498 0335.

Area codes in Azerbaijan

On August 1, 2011, Azerbaijan reorganized its national numbering plan for area codes."ITU Operational Bulletin No.986"
,

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, Aug. 15, 2011. Only the area codes of Baku,

Sumqayit Sumgait (; az, Sumqayıt, ) is a city in Azerbaijan, located near the Caspian Sea, on the Absheron Peninsula, about away from the capital Baku. The city has a population of around 345,300, making it the second largest city in Azerbaijan after Bak ...

, and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (area codes 12, 18 and 36) remain unchanged. The following tables list both the old and new area codes. ''Baku'' ''Sumqayit'' ''Baku region'' ''Shirvan region'' ''Ganja region'' ''Quba region'' ''Shaki region'' ''Lankaran region'' ''Shusha region'' ''Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic''

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