Telephone numbers in Aruba explained

Country:	Aruba
Country Link:	Aruba
Continent:	South America
Country Calling Code:	+297
International Prefix:	00
Number Format:	+297 NNX XXXX

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)

See also

• Telephone numbers in the Netherlands
• Telephone numbers in Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands
• Telephone numbers in Sint Maarten (NANP)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Strategisch Onderzoek Nummerbeleid. March 2007. Stratix. Dutch. https://web.archive.org/web/20110724165742/http://www.stratix.nl/documents/Strategisch_onderzoek_nummerbeleid.pdf. 24 July 2011. 13 January 2011.
2. Web site: Presentation of national ITU-T E.164 numbering plan for country code 297. 29 March 2011. itu.int. https://web.archive.org/web/20160411174925/https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/02/02/T020200000B0001PDFE.pdf. 11 April 2016. live. 18 April 2017.