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Telephone - Area codes, mobile phones and phone cards
Area codes - To call abroad from Cuba, dial the exit code of Cuba (119), then the country and phone number. The International Dialling Code for Cuba is +53. To call to for example, La Habana from abroad you must dial + 53 for Cuba, then 7 for La Habana and the phone number. To call to Habana from another province in Cuba, dial 0, then the area code and the phone number.
Telephone area codes
Ancón (419) |
Baracoa (21) |
Caibarién (42) |
Camagüey (32) |
Cayo Coco (33) |
Cayo Largo del Sur (45) |
Ciego de Ávila (33) |
Cienfuegos (432) |
Florida (32) |
Granma (23) |
Havana (7) |
Holguín (24) |
Las Tunas (31) |
Matanzas (45) |
Morón (335) |
Pinar del Río (82) |
Playa Covarrubias (31) |
Varadero (45) |
Playa Larga (45) |
Playa Santa Lucía (32) |
Remedios (42) |
Sancti Spíritus (41) |
Santa Clara (42) |
Santiago de Cuba (22) |
Topes de Collantes (42) |
Trinidad (419) |
Viñales (8) |
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Mobile phones - Cubacel is the only mobile network available throughout Cuba. It is possible to use your own mobile phone with a Cubacel´s SIM card, provided you have a North American D-AMPS model or a European tri-band model. Network coverage can be poor, especially in the east of Cuba, but around the main tourist areas you usually are able to get signal.
The alternative is to rent or buy a Cubacel mobile phone or to get a temporary mobile phone contract (possible even for one day only), however, both options are costly.
Phone cards - You may also decide to use a phone card. Many public phones now take pre-paid phone cards (tarjetas). For national calls you should try to get a Cuban pesos phone card, which will make your calls a lot cheaper. For internationals calls a CUC phone card is required. The green phone cards can be used for both national and international calls.
The Cuban public telephone network is not very extensive but you can find them in many of the city’s main streets. Most hotels and airports offer facilities for international calls and fax, but they will charge you high rates.
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