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Phones: the 60X prefixes

Since the single dialling plan (Resolución CRC 5826 de 2019, coexistence from 1 September 2021), fixed lines also have 10 digits: 60, a department digit and the old 7-digit number.

An old desk phone and a smartphone

Mobiles have 10 digits and start with 3.

Fixed-line prefix by department
PrefixDepartments
601Bogotá, D.C., Cundinamarca
602Cauca, Nariño, Valle del Cauca
604Antioquia, Chocó, Córdoba
605Atlántico, Bolívar, Cesar, La Guajira, Magdalena, Sucre
606Caldas, Quindío, Risaralda
607Arauca, Norte de Santander, Santander
608Amazonas, Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Boyacá, Caquetá, Casanare, Guainía, Guaviare, Huila, Meta, Putumayo, Tolima, Vaupés, Vichada

A 7-digit fixed number gets its prefix from the row's department or municipality when the file has one. An 8-digit number that starts with an old area code (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8) becomes 60, that digit and the 7-digit number.

Source: Resolución CRC 5826 de 2019 (CRC normograma)

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