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'''Area code 919''' is a [[telephone]] [[area code]] serving all or parts of 11 counties in the north-central area of the [[U.S. state]] of [[North Carolina]]. It serves the primary cities of [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]], [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]], [[Cary, North Carolina|Cary]] and [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill]], and the surrounding suburban areas of the [[The Triangle_(North_Carolina)|Research Triangle Metropolitan Region]], as well as the outlying towns and nearby rural areas of [[Oxford, North Carolina|Oxford]] to the north, [[Sanford, North Carolina|Sanford]] to the south, and [[Goldsboro, North Carolina|Goldsboro]] to the southeast.

It was split off from [[area code 704]] in 1954, and originally covered the entire eastern part of the state from [[Winston-Salem]] to [[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington]]. In [[1993]], the western and southern portions of the area code were split off to form [[area code 910]]. In [[1998]], the northeastern portion was split off to form [[area code 252]].

The area code permits 7 or 10 digit dialing for calls within the area code.

The area code is slated for an overlay with [[area code 984]], however the overlay was deferred in October, 2001, when the supply of numbers was deemed sufficient for the near term.<ref>Docket P-100, Sub 137B. North Carolina Utilities Commission [http://ncuc.commerce.state.nc.us/cgi-bin/webview/senddoc.pgm?dispfmt=&itype=Q&authorization=&parm2=IBAAAA19210B&parm3=000115340 PDF]</ref>

==Cultural references==
{{trivia|date=August 2008}}
* North Carolina native [[Petey Pablo]] paid respect to area code 919 on his debut album ''Diary Of A Sinner: 1st Entry''.

* In the musical ''[[Rent (play)|Rent]]'', one of Alexi Darling's contact numbers left on Mark and Roger's answering machine has a 919 area code, even though she is an agent in New York City.

* North Carolina natives [[Rhett and Link]] referred to a 919 number for a girl named Tiffany in their latest video, Epic Rap Battle.

==See also==
*[[List of North Carolina area codes]]
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* [http://www.areacodedownload.com/919/index.html List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 919 Area Code]

== References ==
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{{Area code box|State=NC
| This=919
| N=[[area code 434|434]]
| S=[[area code 910|910]]
| E=[[area code 252|252]]
| W=[[area code 336|336]]
| S1=VA}}

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{{coord missing|North Carolina}}

[[Category:Area codes in the United States|919]]
[[Category:Area codes in North Carolina|919]]

[[ro:Prefix telefonic 919, SUA]]

Latest revision as of 03:11, 13 October 2011