cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) (11/14/90)
Mark Hahn <mh2f+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes: >To call my old home phone, dial 011-966-387-42688. 011-966 is, of >course, the international access for Saudi. 3 is, I think the escape >for Aramco. 87 is, I think, the city code for Dhahran. I don't have a map of Saudi Arabia in front of me as I write this. Could it be the other way around? (I.e., could you have 3 as city code for Dhahran and 87 as an "exchange" reserved for Aramco there?) Here is what I have for Saudi Arabia city codes: 966 Saudi Arabia 1 Riyadh 2 or 21 Jeddah 2 or 22 Mecca 41 Medina
hw@tts.lth.se (Hakan Winkvist) (11/18/90)
In article <14698@accuvax.nwu.edu> cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) writes: X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 822, Message 6 of 14 >Mark Hahn <mh2f+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes: >>To call my old home phone, dial 011-966-387-42688. 011-966 is, of >>course, the international access for Saudi. 3 is, I think the escape >>for Aramco. 87 is, I think, the city code for Dhahran. >I don't have a map of Saudi Arabia in front of me as I write this. >Could it be the other way around? (I.e., could you have 3 as city >code for Dhahran and 87 as an "exchange" reserved for Aramco there?) >Here is what I have for Saudi Arabia city codes: >966 Saudi Arabia > 1 Riyadh > 2 or 21 Jeddah > 2 or 22 Mecca > 41 Medina Saudi Arabia is divided into six regions. Each region is given a unique area code: 01 Riyadh region 02 Jeddah region 03 Dammam region 04 Medina region 06 Qassim region 07 Southern region Within the area only the subscriber number have to be dialled. The subscriber number consists of seven digits. The area code and the subscriber number is always nine digits. 0A - NXX XXXX 0 is used as national prefix. 00 is used as international prefix. All numbers starting with 9 are reserved for different emergencies and special services. All these numbers are three digits long. (example: Police 999, English clock 963) The local exchange is identified by the NXX-code (A local exchange is allocated 1 to 4 NXX-codes). According to my list of NXX-codes 871 is given to the PABX for the railroad company, Aramco (Dharan) is given 874, 875 and 876, and 879 is the Dharan airport PABX. (The railroad and the airport switches are of the type SXS). According to the list Aramco has several more NXX-codes in the Dammam area. Hakan Winkvist