Telephone numbers in Peru

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Telephone numbers in Peru use the country calling code +51. Mobile numbers have nine digits and begin with 9; since 4 September 2010, they have formed a nationwide, non-geographic Mobile Virtual Area, so mobile numbers do not use geographic area codes. Fixed-line numbers have seven digits in the metropolitan area of Lima and Callao and six digits elsewhere. Fixed lines use geographic area codes: Lima and Callao use code 1, while the other regions use two-digit codes; the current area-code system was established on 1 March 2003. For domestic fixed-line calls between different areas, the trunk prefix 0 is followed by the area code and local number. International calls to Peru use +51 followed by the area code and fixed-line number, or +51 followed directly by the nine-digit mobile number. For outgoing international calls, users can select a carrier on a call-by-call basis using a four-digit 19XX carrier prefix followed by 00 and the destination number. Carrier selection is mandatory for international...

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