Bahamas is +1 242

A local writes 242 555 0123 — the dialer below turns that into what you press.

Country code

Dialing out

011

Trunk prefix

none

Area codes

242

The Bahamas took area code 242 in 1996, chosen to spell BHA, when the Caribbean split up the shared 809. Country code 1 means calls from the US and Canada are dialed like long distance, 1 242 plus seven digits, though carriers usually charge international rates. There is no trunk prefix; 011 leads out of the NANP.

NANP ten digits under area code 242; within the islands only the seven-digit local number is dialed.

Calling fromA number inWritten locally as

You dial

1 2425550123

Both countries share the North American plan — no exit code, just 1 and the ten digits. From any mobile, +1 2425550123 works worldwide.

Type the number the way a local writes it — the arithmetic is derived from each country's ITU plan.

Plan facts verified against ITU-T E.164 assigned country codes. Prose is our own.

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