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area code 213 is a
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area code which was one of California's original three area codes. The 213 area code was created in October 1947. It originally contained all of
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, and is generally associated with Los Angeles.
Over the years it has been subdivided a number of times and is now completely surrounded by the
323 area codeNorth American area code 323 is a California telephone area code which covers, roughly, the area of central Los Angeles . 323 also includes several gateway cities of the region such as Bell...
, it contains only
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and its immediate environs. The subdivisions to date have been:
- area code 714
North American area codes 657 and 714 are California telephone area codes which encompass northern Orange County, a portion of Los Angeles County, and portions of Chino Hills in San Bernardino County...
(a flash-cutA flash-cut is an immediate change in a complex system, with no phase-in period.Some telephone area codes were split immediately, rather than being phased in with a permissive dialing period. An example is telephone area code 213, which was split into 213 and 714 all at once...
during 1951)
- area code 805
Area code 805 is a California telephone area code. Area code 805 includes most or all of the California counties of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura, plus southernmost portions of Monterey County....
(a flash-cut during 1957)
- area code 619
North American area code 619 is a California telephone area code which was split from area code 714 on November 5, 1982. This area code currently covers the southern half of the city of San Diego and its eastern and southern suburbs....
(split from 714 on November 5, 1982)
- area code 818 (January 7,1984)
- area code 310
North American telephone area codes 310 and 424 are the California telephone area code which are roughly coterminous with the West Los Angeles and South Bay areas of Los Angeles County, including offshore Catalina Island, located 40 km south of the mainland portion of Los Angeles County. It...
(November 2, 1991)
- area code 909
North American Area code 909 is a California telephone area code which was split from area code 714 on November 14 ,1992. Western Riverside County was split off from 909 into area code 951 on July 17, 2004...
(split from 714 on November 14, 1992)
- area code 562
Area code 562 is a California telephone area code that was split from area code 310 on January 25, 1997. It is the area code for much of the Gateway Cities region of southeastern Los Angeles County, California, including Long Beach and surrounding cities such as Cerritos, Lakewood, Pico Rivera,...
(split from 310 on January 25, 1997)
- area code 760
Image:Area_code_760.png|right|Map of California area codes in blue with 760 in redrect 65 82 92 100 Area code 916rect 220 242 245 256 Area code 909rect 243 274 265 287 Area code 951rect 136 323 160 338 Area code 858...
(split from 619 on March 22, 1997)
- area code 626
Telephone area code 626 covers most of the San Gabriel Valley and nearby areas in the northeastern portion of Los Angeles County, California, including Arcadia, Monrovia, El Monte, most of Pasadena and West Covina...
(split from 818 on June 14, 1997)
- area code 949
Area code 949 is an area code in California that is contained mostly within the southern areas of Orange County. It also includes a small adjacent area of northwest San Diego County, specifically parts of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and San Onofre State Park...
(split from 714 on April 18, 1998)
- area code 323
North American area code 323 is a California telephone area code which covers, roughly, the area of central Los Angeles . 323 also includes several gateway cities of the region such as Bell...
(June 13 ,1998)
- area code 661
California area code 661 covers the majority of California's Kern County, as well as part of Los Angeles County, Santa Barbara County, and Tulare County...
(split from 805 on February 13, 1999)
- area code 858
North American area code 858 is an area code that is located in San Diego County, California. It covers some northern suburbs of San Diego, California and the northern half of the city proper, including the areas of Del Mar, Poway, La Jolla, Pacific Beach, Clairemont and MCAS Miramar...
(split from 619 on June 12, 1999)
- area code 951
North American area code 951 is a California telephone area code which covers western Riverside County and was split off from the 909 area code in 2004. Until 1992, the area covered by 951 was part of area code 714...
(split from 909 on July 17, 2004)
- area code 424 (overlay of 310 created on August 26, 2006)
- area code 657 (overlay of 714 created on September 20, 2007)
- area code 747
Area code 747 and Area code 818 are California telephone area codes consisting largely of the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California. They cover roughly two million people.-History:...
(overlay of 818 created on May 18, 2009)
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