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North American Numbering Plan facts for kids

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Telephone keys
Letters of the alphabet are mapped to the digits of the telephone dial pad.

The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering plan. It includes 24 countries and territories, including the United States, Canada, Bermuda, and 17 nations of the Caribbean.

There is a three-digit area codes and seven-digit telephone numbers.

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  • NANP area code handbook Bell Telephone Pennsylvania May 1962

    Area code handbook issued by many telephone companies in 1962 to promote the newly introduced direct distance dialing

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