Telephone numbers in Aruba

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)

Telephone numbers in Aruba

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

See also

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

References

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.