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Country Code: +56
International Call Prefix: 1xx0
Trunk prefix: 0

Geographic area codes[link]

Northern Zone[link]

• XV Region: Arica and Parinacota
  • 58: Arica and Parinacota Region
• I Region: Tarapacá
  • 57: Tarapacá Region
• II Region: Antofagasta
  • 55: Antofagasta Region
• III Region: Atacama
  • 51: Huasco province
  • 52: Chañaral and Copiapó provinces
• IV Region: Coquimbo
  • 51: Elqui province
  • 53: Limarí and Choapa provinces

Central Zone[link]

• V Region: Valparaiso
  • 32: Valparaíso Province
  • 33: Petorca and Quillota provinces
  • 34: Los Andes and San Felipe de Aconcagua Provinces
  • 35: San Antonio Province
  • 39: Isla de Pascua Province ^[1]
• XIII Region: Metropolitan Region
  • 2: Santiago Metropolitan Region
• VI Region: O'Higgins Region
  • 72: O'Higgins Region
• VII Region: Maule Region
  • 75: Curicó Province
  • 71: Talca Province
  • 73: Linares and Cauquenes provinces

Central-Southern Zone[link]

• VIII Region: Bío-Bío
  • 42: Ñuble Province
  • 43: Bío-Bío Province
  • 41: Concepción and Arauco provinces
• IX Region: Araucanía
  • 45: Araucanía Region

Southern Zone[link]

• XIV Region: Rivers Region
  • 63: Los Ríos Region
• X Region: Lakes Region
  • 64: Osorno Province
  • 65: Llanquihue, Chiloé and Palena provinces
• XI Region: Aysen
  • 67: Aysén Region
• XII Region: Magallanes
  • 61: Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region

Ageographical Zones[link]

Special Services[link]

There are a number of special numbers for public services, and they are in the format 1XY. The most important ones are:

• 130 Forest fires (Incendios forestales)
• 131 Ambulance (SAMU)
• 132 Firefighters (Bomberos)
• 133 Police Emergency (Emergencias Policiales)
• 134 Investigaciones
• 135 Drugs hot line (Fono drogas)^[2]
• 136 Mountain Rescue (Cuerpo de Socorro Andino)
• 137 Sea Rescue (Rescate Marítimo de la Armada)
• 139 Police Information (Informaciones Policiales)
• 147 Child abuse (Fono niños)
• 149 Family Violence (Fono familia)

Long Distance Carriers[link]

In Chile it is possible to choose the carrier for long distance calls every time and therefore to obtain the best rate for any destination. Long distance carriers have a prefix that must be dialed when calling long distance. For:

• National destination (outside your current area): XXX + area + phone
• International destination : XXX + 0 + country code + area + phone

The current carrier codes are^[3]:

• 110 Telmex
• 111 VTR Chile
• 112 Convergia Chile
• 113 Transam
• 114 E-Newcarrier.com Chile
• 115 Empresa de Telecomunicaciones Netonone
• 116 Heilsberg
• 119 Concert Chile
• 120 Globus
• 121 Telefónica del Sur
• 122 Gtd Manquehue
• 123 Entel Larga Distancia
• 124 GSP Chile
• 125 Equant Chile
• 127 Sur Telecomunicaciones
• 151 Astro
• 153 STEL-CHILE S.A
• 154 MiCarrier Telecomunicaciones
• 155 Telmex
• 155 AT&T Chile Long Distance
• 158 Fibersat
• 169 Carrier 169
• 170 Impsat Chile
• 170 Global Crossing
• 176 NetChile
• 177 Empresa de Transporte de Señales
• 180 Hogar de Cristo
• 181 Movistar
• 188 Telefónica CTC

Mobile phone numbers[link]

Mobile network: 8 digits, starting with digits 9, 8, 7, 6 or 5.

Calls from a landline phone to mobile phones have to use the non-geographical prefix 09. e.g.: 09 9XXX-XXXX, 09 8XXX-XXXX, 09 7XXX-XXXX, 09 6XXX-XXXX, 09 5XXX-XXXX.

Calls between mobile phones have to be dialed without the non-geographical prefix. e.g.: 9XXX-XXXX, 8XXX-XXXX, 7XXX-XXXX, 6XXX-XXXX, 5XXX-XXXX.

Internet Telephony[link]

Recently, the Undersecretariat of Telecommunications (Subtel) created the possibility of telephone service using Internet as a connection technology ^[4]. The dialing plan will be modified to have a zone and is expected to be during the first half of 2009. Several companies have asked permission to provide this service to the public.

See also[link]

• Chilean Carrier Selection Code

References[link]

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