Map Enthusiasts

129 readers

2 users here now

For the map enthused!

Rules:

post relevant content: interesting, informative, and/or pretty maps
be nice

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

zksmk@sopuli.xyz

105

Country calling codes (upload.wikimedia.org)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Blaze@reddthat.com to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

18 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 12 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Weird how they split up Europe into a patchwork.

I’m guessing it’s because France refused to share a prefix code with Britain.

[–] allywilson@sopuli.xyz 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's not a million miles away from the truth. The UK and France were the main advocates behind the ITU, so they got +33 and +44. Which is...fine...but I've not come across why NA got +1, etc. or even why those numbers were chosen at all.

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

NA has +1 because the US invented the telephone. Canada is America's hat.

[–] allywilson@sopuli.xyz 2 points 8 months ago

Alexander Graham Bell was Scottish, who moved to Canada and then moved to the US.

load more comments (1 replies)