Country Code: +965

International Call Prefix: 00

Trunk Prefix

Trunk prefix

A trunk prefix is the number to be dialed in a domestic telephone call, preceding any necessary area codes and subscriber numbers. When the number is called from overseas, the trunk prefix is omitted by the caller. In most countries, such as Australia, Germany and the United Kingdom, the trunk...

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There is no area code in Kuwait. As of 17 October 2008, telephone numbers in Kuwait

Kuwait

The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...

 consist of eight digits (with the exception of '800'-style numbers, which are made up of seven digits). From 17 October 2008 a single digit prefix was added to all fixed and mobile numbers as per the Ministry of Communication's new numbering plan:

• Number 1 was added before all commercial 6 digit numbers (e.g. 800000, 899999, etc.)
• Number 2 was added before all landline numbers
• Number 5 was added before all Viva numbers
• Number 6 was added before all Wataniya Telecom
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  For the airline go to Wataniya AirwaysWataniya Telecom was commercially launched in 1999 as the first privately owned telecommunications operator in Kuwait...
  
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• Number 9 was added before all Zain
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• All the three digit lines remained the same without any additional number e.g. 121, 107, 113, 777, etc.

Here are the starting codes of landlines sorted by each area or city:

Area	Landline	Starting Code
Abdalli	2	470
Ahmadi	2	398
Ahmadi & Umm-Alhaiman	2	328, 327
Ardhiyah	2	480, 488, 489
Fahaheel	2	391, 392
Farwaniah	2	474, 473, 472, 471, 476
Free Trade Zone	2	461
Funtas	2	390
Hawalli	2	261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266
Jaber Al-Ali	2	384, 383
Jabriyah	2	531, 534, 533, 532,561,569,560
Jahra	2	478, 477
Jahra-B	2	457, 456, 455, 458
Jaleeb Al-Shuyoukh	2	434, 431, 433
Manqaf & Shuiba	2	372, 371, 376
Mushrif	2	538
Nuzha & Qadsiya	2	224, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259
Qurain	2	541, 542, 543, 544
Ras Salmiyah	2	575, 572, 574, 573, 571
Rekka	2	396, 394
Sabah Salem	2	551, 552
Safat	2	242, 240, 241, 249, 246, 248, 247, 245, 244, 243
Salmiyah	2	>-	Shuwaikh	2	484, 483, 481
South Subahiyah	2	361, 362
Sulaibikhat	2	487
Sulaibiyah	2	467
Wafra	2	381
Zoor	2	395