Country Code: +670

International Call Prefix: 00

Trunk Prefix

Trunk prefix

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: none
Until September 1999, East Timor

East Timor

The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...

 formed part of the Indonesia

Indonesia

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n numbering plan, using the Country Code +62, followed by area codes for the two largest cities, Dili

Dili

Dili, spelled Díli in Portuguese, is the capital, largest city, chief port and commercial centre of East Timor.-Geography and Administration:Dili lies on the northern coast of Timor island, the easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands....

 (390) and Baucau

Baucau

Baucau is the second-largest city in East Timor, after Dili, the capital, which lies 122 km east of Dili.Baucau has about 16,000 inhabitants, and is the capital of Baucau, located in the eastern part of the country...

 (399). Following the violence in the wake of Indonesia's departure from the territory, most of the telecommunications infrastructure was destroyed, and Telkom Indonesia withdrew its services from East Timor.

A new country code +670 was allocated to East Timor, but international access often remains severely limited. A complicating factor is the fact that 670 was previously used by the Northern Marianas, with many carriers not aware that the code is now used by East Timor. (The Northern Marianas, now part of the North American Numbering Plan

North American Numbering Plan

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, use the code 1 and the area code 670.)

East Timor now has a closed numbering plan; all subscribers' numbers are seven digits.

Telephone numbering in East Timor is as follows:

Area codes in East Timor

LIST OF AREA CODES
Area Code	Area
Western Region
21X XXXX	Manufahi
22X XXXX	Cova Lima
23X XXXX	Bobonaro
24X XXXX	Ainaro
25X XXXX	Dekuse
Central Region
31X XXXX	Dili (reserve)
32X XXXX	Dili (reserve)
33X XXXX	Dili (initial)
36X XXXX	Liquica
37X XXXX	Aileu
38X XXXX	Ermera
39X XXXX	Oekusi
Eastern Region
41X XXXX	Baucau
42X XXXX	Manatuto
43X XXXX	Viqueque
44X XXXX	Lautem

Mobile: 72X-YYYY
Service Numbers: 721-XXXX
Government Departments: 333-YYYY
Ambulance Service: 110
Fire Dept: 115
Emergency: 112