Area code 869 is the local
telephone
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area code
A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints. Telephone numbers are the addresses of participants in a telephone network, re ...
of
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis (), officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, is an island country and microstate consisting of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, both located in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands chain ...
. The 869 area code was created during a split from the original
(809) area code which began permissive dialing on 1 October 1996 and ended 31 March 1997.
When in Saint Kitts and Nevis, only seven-digit dialing is needed. When calling to Saint Kitts and Nevis from anywhere in the
United States
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or
Canada
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1 + (869) + the seven digits needs to be dialed, i.e. 1 + 869 555 1212.
See also
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List of NANP area codes
The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) divides the territories of its members into geographic numbering plan areas (NPAs). Each NPA is identified by one or more numbering plan area codes (''NPA codes'', or ''area codes''), consisting of three di ...
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North American Numbering Plan
The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean. This group is historically known as World Zone 1 and has the international calling ...
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Area codes in the Caribbean The integration of the Caribbean telephone networks into the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) began with the assignment of area codes in the Caribbean in 1958, when area code 809 was designated for Bermuda and any other potential participant isl ...
External links
North American Numbering Plan Administrator
869
Communications in Saint Kitts and Nevis
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