Telephone numbers in Aruba

Telephone numbers in Aruba
Location
Country	Aruba
Continent	South America
Format	+297 NNX XXXX
Access codes
Country code	+297
International access	00

Telephone numbers in Aruba have country code 297. It is one of the few countries outside Africa to have a country code starting with 2. Before Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986, it was part of the Netherlands Antilles numbering plan (+599)^[1] with phone numbers starting with +599 8. Landline numbers begin with 28, 52 or 58.^[2] Mobile numbers begin with a 56, 59, 64, 73, 74 or 99. Numbers are seven digits long, otherwise in line with the North American Numbering Plan, despite not being part of it.


Island	Number range
Aruba (until secession)	(+599) 8xx xxxx
Aruba (after secession)	(+297) 28x xxxx (landline)
	(+297) 52x xxxx (landline)
	(+297) 58x xxxx (landline)
	(+297) 56x xxxx (mobile)
	(+297) 59x xxxx (mobile)
	(+297) 64x xxxx (mobile)
	(+297) 73x xxxx (mobile)
	(+297) 74x xxxx (mobile)
	(+297) 99x xxxx (mobile)

^ "Strategisch Onderzoek Nummerbeleid" (PDF) (in Dutch). Stratix. March 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
^ "Presentation of national ITU-T E.164 numbering plan for country code 297" (PDF). itu.int. 29 March 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.

[1] "Strategisch Onderzoek Nummerbeleid" (PDF) (in Dutch). Stratix. March 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.

[2] "Presentation of national ITU-T E.164 numbering plan for country code 297" (PDF). itu.int. 29 March 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.

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