Call the Philippines

Talk360 is the best calling solution for making low cost international or local calls to any feature phone or smartphone across the world. With Talk360, you can call any landline or mobile number in The Philippines. The benefit? Only the caller needs to have the Talk360 calling app installed. The receiver of the call doesn’t notice that you are communicating via an mobile app. Calling friends, family, clients, or business relations in The Philippines with the Talk360 app is easy & saves you a lot of money.  

In this guide, we tell you about interesting tips on how to call The Philippines with Talk360, the benefits of our app, why it’s different from other calling solutions, & lastly, we present you with the fun facts about this wholesome country.  

Let’s dive in!

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Staying in touch with connections abroad leads to high call prices & confusing calling criteria. For this reason, Talk360 makes calling The Philippines reliable & affordable. With Talk360, you can call The Philippines at low per-minute rates.  

To call a fixed line in The Philippines from the United States, simply follow these straightforward dialing tips:

• first dial 011, the U.S. exit code;  
• next dial 63, the country code for The Philippines;  
• then dial the area code (1-2 digits. See a sample calling code list below);  
• and finally, dial the phone number (5–7 digits).  

If dialing The Philippines from any country in the world, you simply need to perform the following:  

• type the exit code: It’s also referred to as the IDD code (International Direct Dialing) or ISD code (International Subscriber Dialing). For most countries, it’s 00 or +. For the USA and Canada, it’s 011;  
• dialing code: Each country has a unique phone code;  
• area code: This is the code for a part of The Philippines. It’s generally a general area or a city;    
• local number: The local number you would like to dial.  

Here is a list of major area codes and town calling codes in The Philippines:

Click to expand the list with area codes

Region	Area Code
Abra/Benguet/Kalinga-Apayao/Ifugao/Mountain Province	74
Agusan del Sur/Agusan del Norte	85
Albay	5221
Antique/Aklan/Capiz	36
Batangas	4396
Bohol	38
Bukidnon	8851, 8853
Bulacan	4422, 4463
Camarines Sur	5446
Cavite	46
Cebu	32
Davao del Norte	84
Davao del Sur/Davao	82
Davao Oriental	87
Ilocos Sur/Ilocos Norte	77
Iloilo	33
Isabela/Quirino/Batanes/Nueva Vizcaya/Cagayan Valley	78
La Union	72
Lanao del Norte/Lanao del Sur	63
Leyte	53
Misamis Occidental	8834
Misamis Oriental	8822, 8842
Negros Occidental	3461
Negros Oriental	35
North Cotabato	6422, 6423
Palawan	48
Pampanga	4593, 4594, 4597
Pangasinan	75
Quezon	4235, 4244, 4251, 4264, 4279
Sorsogon/Masbate	56
South Cotabato	83
Surigao del Sur	8622
Western Samar	55
Zambales	4761, 4765
Zamboanga del Norte/Zamboanga del Sur	65
Zamboanga del Sur	62

You now understand how to call The Philippines. With Talk360, you only have to buy airtime and enter the mobile number you want to communicate with.

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• The Philippines Consists of More Than 7,000 Islands
  The official count is 7,641, which makes it among the largest archipelagos on the planet.
  The most interesting part, though, is that most of those islands are unnamed on international maps. Locals might know their way around the island they grew up on, but outsider knowledge of most of the islands is pretty limited.
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• The Philippines Is the Only Majority-Christian Nation in Asia
  This is a consequence of three centuries of Spanish rule. The vast majority of Filipinos — about 86 percent — identify as Roman Catholic.
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• There Are More Than 170 Languages Spoken in the Philippines
  More precisely, there are 175 languages, but four of those are tribal dialects that probably have no living speakers anymore.
  The official languages of the country are Filipino and English.
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• Early Human Ancestors Lived on the Islands at Least 700,000 Years Ago
  In 2018, a dig site in Luzon’s Kalinga province turned up stone tools and the fossils of butchered animals that date to around 709,000 years ago.
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• Boracay Has Some of the Most Gorgeous Beaches on the Planet. But the Island Closed for Tourists in 2018 Because of Environmental Degradation
  In 2018, the Filipino government closed the beach for six months for a period of redevelopment. The island is still closely monitored and protected to this day.
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• English-Speakers Should Have No Trouble Getting Around the Philippines
  This is the fifth largest English-speaking nation in the world, behind the USA, India, Pakistan and the United Kingdom.
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• The Philippines’ Biodiversity Is Some of the Richest on the Planet
  There are more than 1,000 vertebrate species on the land that include more than 100 unique mammals and 170 unique birds.
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• A Significant Portion of Filipinos Work Abroad
  About 11% of the Philippines’ population works overseas, many as nurses.
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• Consequently, Remittances Are Important to Many Families Still Living in the Country
  In fact, money sent home from overseas workers surpasses foreign direct investment as a source of foreign currency in the Philippines.
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• Most Filipinos Don’t Eat With Chopsticks
  Though people in most neighboring countries prefer chopsticks, Western cutlery is the norm in the Philippines.
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• Be Ready to Eat Plenty of Lumpia (Spring Rolls) If You Attend Any Kind of Celebration in the Philippines
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• Filipinos Love Basketball
  The country’s professional league, The Philippines Basketball Association, is the second oldest in the world after North America’s NBA.
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• The Island of Camiguin Has More Volcanoes Than Towns
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• The National Bird of the Philippines Is Called the Monkey-Eating Eagle
  Locally, it’s more commonly known as “the Philippine eagle,” but the other name is apt, too — this bird has a wingspan of around 2 meters and can weigh 8 kilograms.
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• Another Filipino Creature With a Great Name: The Stink Badger
  There are two species of stink badgers in the Philippines and Indonesia; all the other species of the Mephitidae family live in the Americas.
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• The Longest Snake in the World Lives in the Philippines
  It’s called the reticulated python, and it can grow to be nearly 9 meters (29 feet) long.