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The country code 599 was assigned to the [[Netherlands Antilles]] ([[dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles|dissolved]] in 2010),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bellen naar Curaçao en bellen vanuit Curaçao|url=https://www.kgmc.nl/nl/telefonie|website=www.kgmc.nl|publisher=Het Kabinet van de Gevolmachtigde Minister van Curaçao|language=nl|trans-title=Calling to Curaçao and from Curaçao|access-date=2020-05-10}}</ref> and is in use by [[Curaçao]] and the [[Caribbean Netherlands]] ([[Bonaire]], [[Sint Eustatius]] and [[Saba (island)|Saba]]).<ref name="ITU">{{cite web | url=https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/opb/sp/T-SP-E.164D-2016-PDF-E.pdf | title=List of ITU-T Recommendation E.164 assigned country codes | author=International Telecommunication Union| date=2016-12-15 }}</ref>
[[Aruba]] and [[Sint Maarten]], also former parts of the Netherlands Antilles, discontinued using the code in 1986 and 2011 respectively. Aruba now uses country code [[+297|297]], and Sint Maarten uses the [[North American Numbering Plan]] (NANP) country code 1 with [[area code 721]].<ref name="Sint Maarten NANP">{{cite web |url=http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/PL_418.pdf |title=PL-418: Introduction of NPA 721 (Sint Maarten) |publisher=North American Numbering Plan Administration |date=2011-01-05 |access-date=2011-01-12 |archive-date=2012-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907012738/http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/PL_418.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The [[International call prefix]] is ''00''.
== Area codes ==
Originally each island had an area code with the length of the local numbering varying from island to island (Curaçao had six while Bonaire had only four). Beginning in 1999, the numbers were modified so that each local number was seven digits long. This change left the islands without any area codes, except for Curaçao, which has the area code of 9 along with the seven digit local number.
==Sint Maarten joined NANP==
{{see also|Area code 721}}
On 2 October 2009, the North American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA) announced that it had approved the request of Sint Maarten's government to join the NANP and had assigned the territory [[area code 721]]. Effective 30 September 2011, Sint Maarten's country code changed to the NANP standard of 1. A permissive dialing period of one full year (to 30 September 2012) was in place when dialing {{gaps|1|721}} or country code 599 could be used.<ref name="Sint Maarten NANP update">{{cite web |url=http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/PL_423.pdf |title=PL-423: Updated Information - Introduction of NPA 721 (Sint Maarten) |publisher=North American Numbering Plan Administration |date=24 July 2011 |access-date=10 October 2011 |archive-date=8 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108143105/https://nationalnanpa.com/pdf/PL_423.pdf%20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Historic list of area codes and number ranges ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|+
!Island
!Number range
|-
|[[Bonaire]]
|7xx xxxx<br>717 xxxx (Telbo)<br>750 xxxx (Flamingo TV)<br>700 xxxx (Mobile)<br>701 xxxx (Mobile)<br>795 xxxx (Mobile)<br>796 5xxx (Mobile)
|-
|[[Curaçao]]<br> (Area code 9)
|(09) 4xx xxxx<br>(09) 5xx xxxx (mobile)<br>(09) 6xx xxxx (mobile)<br>(09) 7xx xxxx<br>(09) 8xx xxxx
|-
|''[[Sint Maarten]] (before joining NANP)''
|''5xx xxxx''
|-
|[[Saba (island)|Saba]]
|416xxxx
|-
|[[Sint Eustatius]]
|3xx xxxx
|-
|''[[Aruba]] (until secession)''
|''8xx xxxx ''
|-
|Non-geographic
|1xx xxxx<br>6xx xxxx
|}
==See also==
*[[Telephone numbers in Aruba]]
*[[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands]]
==Notes and references==
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