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Country Code: +56
International Call Prefix: 00

Geographic area codes

Northern Zone

• XV Region: Arica and Parinacota
  • 58: Arica and Parinacota Region
• I Region: Tarapacá
  • 57: Tarapacá Region
• II Region: Antofagasta
  • 55: Antofagasta Region
• III Region: Atacama
  • 51: Huasco province
  • 52: Chañaral and Copiapó provinces
• IV Region: Coquimbo
  • 51: Elqui province
  • 53: Limarí and Choapa provinces

Central Zone

• V Region: Valparaiso
  • 32: Valparaíso Province
  • 33: Petorca and Quillota provinces
  • 34: Los Andes and San Felipe de Aconcagua Provinces
  • 35: San Antonio Province
  • 39: Isla de Pascua Province
• XIII Region: Metropolitan Region
  • 2: Santiago Metropolitan Region
• VI Region: O'Higgins Region
  • 72: O'Higgins Region
• VII Region: Maule Region
  • 75: Curicó Province
  • 71: Talca Province
  • 73: Linares and Cauquenes provinces

Central-Southern Zone

• VIII Region: Bío-Bío
  • 42: Ñuble Province
  • 43: Bío-Bío Province
  • 41: Concepción and Arauco provinces
• IX Region: Araucanía
  • 45: Araucanía Region

Southern Zone

• XIV Region: Rivers Region
  • 63: Los Ríos Region
• X Region: Lakes Region
  • 64: Osorno Province
  • 65: Llanquihue, Chiloé and Palena provinces
• XI Region: Aysen
  • 67: Aysén Region
• XII Region: Magallanes
  • 61: Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region

Ageographical Zones

Special Services

There are a number of special numbers for public services, and they are in the format 1XY. The most important ones are:

• 130 Forest fires (Incendios forestales)
• 131 Ambulance (SAMU)
• 132 Firefighters (Bomberos)
• 133 Police Emergency (Emergencias Policiales)
• 134 Investigaciones
• 135 Drugs hot line (Fono drogas)
• 136 Mountain Rescue (Cuerpo de Socorro Andino)
• 137 Sea Rescue (Rescate Marítimo de la Armada)
• 139 Police Information (Informaciones Policiales)
• 147 Child abuse (Fono niños)
• 149 Family Violence (Fono familia)

Long Distance Carriers

In Chile is possible to choose the carrier for long distance calls every time and therefore to obtain the best rate for any destination. Long distance carriers have a prefix that must be dialed when calling long distance. For:

• National destination (outside your current area): XXX + area + phone
• International destination : XXX + 0 + country code + area + phone

The current carrier codes are:

• 110 Telmex
• 111 VTR Chile
• 112 Convergia Chile
• 113 Transam
• 114 E-Newcarrier.com Chile
• 115 Empresa de Telecomunicaciones Netonone
• 116 Heilsberg
• 119 Concert Chile
• 120 Globus
• 121 Telefónica del Sur
• 122 Gtd Manquehue
• 123 Entel Larga Distancia
• 124 GSP Chile
• 125 Equant Chile
• 127 Sur Telecomunicaciones
• 151 Astro
• 153 STEL-CHILE S.A
• 154 MiCarrier Telecomunicaciones
• 155 Telmex
• 155 AT&T Chile Long Distance
• 158 Fibersat
• 169 Carrier 169
• 170 Impsat Chile
• 170 Global Crossing
• 176 NetChile
• 177 Empresa de Transporte de Señales
• 180 Hogar de Cristo
• 181 Movistar
• 188 Telefónica CTC

Mobile phone numbers

Mobile network: 8D starting with digits 9, 8, 7 or 6.

Calls from a landline phone to mobile phones have to use the non-geographical prefix 09. e.g.: 09 9XXX-YYYY, 09 8XXX-YYYY, 09 7XXX-YYYY, 09 6XXX XXXX.

Calls between mobile phones have to be dialed without the non-geographical prefix. e.g.: 9XXX-YYYY, 8XXX-YYYY, 7XXX-YYYY, 6XXX-YYYY.

Internet Telephony

Recently, the Undersecretariat of Telecommunications (Subtel) created the possibility of telephone service using Internet as a connection technology . The dialing plan will be modified to have a zone and is expected to be during the first half of 2009. Several companies have asked permission to provide this service to the public.

References

1. ^ "Temas de Ayuda para Cliente". http://ayuda.entelpcs.cl/ayuda_cliente/portals/temasayuda.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=co_largadistancia. Retrieved 2009-05-03. 
2. ^ "135 - FONO DROGAS". http://www.carabineros.cl/sitioweb/web/verSeccion.do?cod=56. Retrieved 2009-05-02. 
3. ^ "Lista de carriers en Chile". http://www.turismochile.com/datos/carrier.php. Retrieved 2010-03-29. 
4. ^ "SUBTEL PUBLICA ESPERADO REGLAMENTO DE VOZ SOBRE INTERNET". Subtel. 2008-06-16. http://www.subtel.cl/prontus_subtel/site/artic/20080616/pags/20080616120010.html. Retrieved 2009-05-02. 

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