Telephone numbers in Abkhazia follow the dialing plan in place in Russia.
.svg) Abkhazia shown in red | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Country | Abkhazia |
| Format | +7 840 XXX-XX-XX |
| Access codes | |
| Country code | +7 840 / +7 940 |
| International access | 8~10 |
| Long-distance | 8 |
Until 1992, Abkhazia had a single telephone numbering system with Russia. In April 1996, the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation limited international telephone communications in Abkhazia, retaining only 16 outgoing and 24 incoming telephone channels of the 151 incoming and 182 outgoing channels that operated previously. On 15 February 1997, an agreement was signed between Russia and Georgia, which provided for a change in the communication scheme of Abkhazia with the outside world and switching channels to Georgia. The agreement met with resentment in Abkhazia, whose leadership accused Georgia and Russia of violating an earlier agreement that provided for the restoration of the communications that existed before 1992.[1]
On 28 September 2009, after Russia recognised Abkhazia's independence, Russia and Abkhazia signed a Memorandum of Cooperation through which Abkhazia was given a telephone code from the +7 numbering zone and switched to the Russian numbering plan on 1 January 2010.
Numbering scheme
editAbkhazia follows the same closed dialling plan as Russia, where the initial three digits designate the area code or mobile carrier and are followed by a 7-digit subscriber number. The trunk prefix is 8.
Abkhazian numbers can be accessed from abroad through the +7 code assigned by the International Telecommunication Union to Russia.[2] Until 2009, they could also be accessed via the Georgian country code +995.
Geographical numbers
edit| Area | Old code (1996–2009) | New code (since 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Sukhumi | +995 442 | +7 840 22 |
| Gagra | +995 | +7 940 840 23 66 |
| Gudauta | +995 444 | +7 840 24 |
| Ochamchire | +995 445 | +7 840 25 |
| Tkvarcheli | +995 446 | +7 840 26 |
| Gali | +995 447 | +7 840 27 |
| Gulripshi | +995 448 | +7 840 28 |
Mobile numbers
edit| Operator | Old code (until 2009) | New code (since 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| A-Mobile | n.d. | +7 940 7 |
| Aquafon | +995 544 | +7 940 9 |
International direct dialling
editAs in Russia, the international call prefix for dialling out of Abkhazia is 8~xx, in which xx is a two-digit carrier code; the default carrier is 10.
References
edit- ^ "Абхазия готова к отключению каналов связи через Грузию ИА РЕГНУМ 02.12.2005". Archived from the original on 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- ^ "Abkhazia remains available by Georgian phone codes". Today.Az. 2010-01-06. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12.
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