Telephone numbers in Taiwan


Telephone numbers in Taiwan use a system of area codes, beginning 02 to 08. The leading digit following the area code denote the network operator. Mobile numbers begin 09. The international code for calls into Taiwan is 886.

Area codes

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The emergency numbers in Taiwan are 110 and 119.
When making an inter-area long-distance call from within Taiwan, a long-distance prefix "0" is required. If calls are made from within the same area code, then the area code does not need to be included. Inter-area calls are defined as long-distance phone calls even when the two numbers have the same prefix.
If calls are made from outside Taiwan, the "0" of the area code prefix is omitted.
The following table of area codes includes this "0" prefix. The government reserves code 1 for Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China according to the constitution, which it does not actually control.
PrefixAreaDivisionsDigitsNotes
02
TaipeiTaipei City, New Taipei City, Keelung City8Numbers that start with 2,3 and 8 are assigned to Chunghwa Telecom, Number ranges that start with 4, 5, 6 and 7 are competitive fixed network operators, such as Taiwan Fixed Network, New Century InfoComm LTD, and Asia Pacific Telecom, as Chunghwa Telecom no longer holds a monopoly in this market area.
03
TaoyuanTaoyuan City7starts with 2*, 3, 4*
Numbers start with ranges 21, 22, 28 are assigned to, Numbers start with 25, 26, and 27 belong to competitive local operators.
All numbers starting with 3 belong to Chunghwa Telecom, as CHT holds a monopoly in Taoyuan District.
Numbers that start with 4 are assigned to Chunghwa Telecom except ranges 405, 406, and 449.
03
HsinchuHsinchu City, Hsinchu County7starts with 5, 6*
Numbers start with 6 are assigned to CHT except 60, 61, 62.
03
HualienHualien County7starts with 8*
Number ranges that start with 800, 805, and 890 belong to APT, TFN, and NCIC respectively.
All other numbers that start with 8 are assigned to the dominant fixed-line operator.
03
YilanYilan County7starts with 9
All number ranges are assigned to Chunghwa Telecom except numbers starting with 900, 905-906, 910.
037
MiaoliMiaoli County6All numbers belong to Chunghwa Telecom except these numbers starting with:
24-TFN
28-APT
77-NCIC
04
TaichungTaichung City8starts with 22-24 & 270, 25, 26, 3 - Note according to Chinese Wikipedia these numbers have been merged with several prefixes resulting in numbers assigned to be from one city code.
All numbersare with Chunghwa Telecom except the following ranges:
3500-3509 APT
3600-3611 TFN
3700-3707 NCIC
3900–3903,3920-3922 VeeTime Corp
04
ChanghuaChanghua County7starts with 7, 8 Except the following listed below.
700-704 TFN
705-709 NCIC
800-804 APT
049
NantouNantou County7starts with 2, including Fenyuan, Changhua, 5-7
500 APT
600 TFN
700 NCIC
05
ChiayiChiayi City, Chiayi County7starts with 2, 3 Except ranges listed below.
300 APT
310 TFN
320 NCIC

05
YunlinYunlin County7starts with 5, 6, 7 Except those ranges listed below: According to Chinese Wikipedia these prefixes could have been merged.
700 TFN
750 APT
770 NCIC

06
TainanTainan City7starts with 2 & 3, 5, 6, 7 All numbers belong to Chunghwa Telecom.
Range exceptions:
510-513 APT
600-602 TFN
700-703 NCIC
06
PenghuPenghu County7starts with 9
Except ranges:
950 APT
960 TFN
970 NCIC
07
KaohsiungKaohsiung City7including the Pratas Islands and the Spratly Islands
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Except ranges listed as Competitive Local Operators:
860–862,96X TFN
95X APT
97X NCIC
All other ranges belong to Chunghwa Telecom.
08
PingtungPingtung County7starts with 7, 8
800-801 APT
810 TFN
820-821 NCIC
082
KinmenKinmen County6mainly starts with 3
Exceptions are local competitive operators that start with ranges
50X APT
70X NCIC
80X TFN
0826
WuqiuWuqiu Township5starts with 6
All numbers belong to Chunghwa Telecom in this area.
0836
MatsuLienchiang County5starts with 2, 5, 7, 8 Chunghwa Telecom Landlines. Numbers start with 6 and 9 are competitive local operators.
6 APT
9 TFN
089
TaitungTaitung County6NUmbers belonging to Chunghwa Telecom except starting with:
61X TFN
71X NCIC
96X APT

Mobile phones

Taiwan mobile phone numbers always begin with 09 followed by 8 digits. The 0 is omitted when calling a Taiwan mobile phone number from outside Taiwan. If calling a landline within Taiwan from a local Taiwan mobile phone, the 0 of area code prefix must be included.
Prefixes: XXXX-XXXX
090-098 Mobile Phones.

Toll-free and premium rate

Toll-free numbers begin with the prefix 0800 and 0809.
Numbers in the 020x prefix are used for value-added services:
PrefixPurpose
0201Voting services
0203Bulk announcements
0204Premium rate numbers

International dialing codes

s are assigned by the International Telecommunication Union to its member states and their dependencies. However, as Taiwan was not an ITU member state, it had to be allocated the code 886 unofficially, with the ITU listing the code as 'reserved' until 2006. However, in that year, it formally allocated the code to "Taiwan, China". Until the late 1970s, Taiwan used the code 866, but the 86 code was reassigned to the People's Republic of China in conformity with the ITU's official membership, forcing Taiwan to utilize another code for countries that wished to maintain direct dial connections.