Telephone numbers in Vatican City
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Country Code: +39 06 698

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...

: Leading 0 is dialled both within and from outside Italy

Telephone numbers in Vatican City
Vatican City
Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...

are integrated into the Italian telephone numbering plan. A Vatican telephone number is in the form of 06 698x xxxx, which is in the numbering range for Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

 (06). As Italy switched to a closed dialing plan, all calls within Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

, Vatican City and San Marino
San Marino
San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino , is a state situated on the Italian Peninsula on the eastern side of the Apennine Mountains. It is an enclave surrounded by Italy. Its size is just over with an estimated population of over 30,000. Its capital is the City of San Marino...

 must always be dialled with their full ten digits, including the leading zero.

ITU-T
ITU-T
The ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector is one of the three sectors of the International Telecommunication Union ; it coordinates standards for telecommunications....

 assigns country code +379 to Vatican City. However, Vatican City is still reached via the Italian telephone numbering plan with country code +39.

06 698x xxxx (Vatican City from Italy)
+39 06 698x xxxx (Vatican City from rest of the world via Italy)
+379 698x xxxx (Vatican City direct from rest of the world)

See also

  • Telephone numbers in Italy
    Telephone numbers in Italy
    Country Code: +39International Call Prefix: 00Trunk Prefix: Leading 0 is dialled both within and from outside Italy-Numbering plan:Telephone numbers in Italy changed to a closed telephone numbering plan in 1998...

  • Telephone numbers in San Marino
    Telephone numbers in San Marino
    Country Code: +378International Call Prefix: 00Trunk Prefix: Leading 0 is dialled both within and from outside San MarinoTelephone numbers in San Marino consists of ten digits, starting with the digits 0549. Calls within Italy, Vatican City and San Marino are always dialled as full ten digits,...

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