Area code 907

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Area code 907 covers the entire state of Alaska, except for the small southeastern Alaska community of Hyder, Alaska, which uses the 250 area code of neighboring Stewart, British Columbia. Area Code 907 was assigned in 1957 along with Area Code 808 for Hawaii.

Because there is only one area code in the state, locals in smaller Alaskan towns routinely give only the last 4 digits of their telephone numbers since the first six digits serve as an area code, and generally don't need to be known. For example, around Ketchikan, instead of 907-225-XXXX people will merely say XXXX since most of the numbers in that area use the 225 3-digit prefix (and the 907 area code). However, this is generally not in the case in the larger cities such as Fairbanks, Anchorage and the Mat-Su valley and in other areas where there is more than one 2nd 3-digit prefix. A similar phenomenon occurs in cities with the same area code (where the area code is left off, leaving only the 7-digits).


State of Alaska Area Code: 907
North: Country code +7 in Russia
West: Country code +7 in Russia area code 907 East: 250, 867
South: 808
Province of British Columbia Area Codes: 250, 604, 778
State of Hawaii Area Code: 808
Yukon Territory Area Code: 867


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lmo:Còdes d'àrea 908 (Nord Amèrica)
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