Telephone numbers in Taiwan

Country Code: +886
International Call Prefix: 002, 005, 006, 007, 009, 019
Trunk Prefix: 0

[edit] Area codes

When making a long-distance call within Taiwan, a long-distance prefix "0" is required. The following table of area codes includes this "0" prefix.

Calling within same area code does not need the 0 or the area code.

The "0" is omitted when calling from outside Taiwan.

Prefix	Area^[1]	Divisions	Digits	Notes
02	Taipei	Taipei City, New Taipei City, Keelung City	8	mainly starts with 2
03	Taoyuan	Taoyuan County	7	starts with 2 (minor), 3 (Taoyuan City), 4 (Zhongli)
03	Hsinchu	Hsinchu City, Hsinchu County	7	starts with 5 (major), 6 (minor)
03	Yilan	Yilan County	7	starts with 9
03	Hualien	Hualien County	7	starts with 8
037	Miaoli	Miaoli County	6
04	Taichung	Taichung City	8	starts with 22-24 & 270 (urban area), 25 ( Fengyuan, including Zhuolan, Miaoli), 26 (Dajia and Shalu), 3 (minor)
04	Changhua	Changhua County	7	starts with 7 (Changhua City), 8 (Yuanlin)
049	Nantou	Nantou County	7	starts with 2, including Fenyuan, Changhua
05	Chiayi	Chiayi City, Chiayi County	7	starts with 2(Chiayi City and Minxiong), 3(Puzi and Xingang)
05	Yunlin	Yunlin County	7	starts with 5(Douliu), 6(Huwei), 7(Beigang)
06	Tainan	Tainan City	7	starts with 2 & 3 (urban area), 5 (Xinhua and Shanhua), 6 (Xinying), 7 (Jiali)
06	Penghu	Penghu County	7	starts with 9
07	Kaohsiung	Kaohsiung City	7	including the Pratas Islands and the Spratly Islands
08	Pingtung	Pingtung County	7	starts with 7 (Pingtung City and Chaozhou), 8 (Donggang and Kenting)
082	Kinmen	Kinmen County	6	starts with 32 (Jincheng and Jinning), 33 (Jinhu), 35 (Jinsha), 36 (Lieyu)
0826	Wuqiu	Wuqiu Township	5
0836	Matsu	Lienchiang County	5	starts with 2 (Nangan), 5(Beigan), 7 (Dongying), 8(Juguang)
089	Taitung	Taitung County	6

Note: Inter-area calls are defined as long-distance phone calls even they have identical prefix.

Note: If the digits of the telephone in one area is not written, it will be 7 digits.

In Taiwan, numbers of the mobile phones always begin with 09 followed by 8 digits. The 0 is omitted when calling from outside Taiwan.