Template:Area code box/doc

Usage

To use this template, code {{Area code box|State=|This=|N=|S=|E=|W=}} where you want the table. The parameters are used as follows: State is the 2-letter abbreviation to include the area code template for this state or Canadian province, or is the full name of the Caribbean country. This is this area code, used for the center box. N=, S=, E= and W= are the area codes (or oceans) that border this area code in those compass directions.

This template is used for an area code that all surrounding area codes are in the same state/province. The following explains the macros available for area codes which touch other states.

How the macro works

Usage: {{Area code box|State=|This=|N=|S=|E=|W=|S1=|S2=|S3=}} etc., where S1 to S8 are abbreviated names of border states/provinces the area code touches. The values to give for State, S1, ..., S8 are the area code lists for border states/provinces to appear at the bottom, according to the box number.

The parameters are used as follows:

State is the 2-letter abbreviation to include the area code template for this state or Canadian province, or is the full name of the Caribbean country.

This is this area code, used for the center box.

N=, S=, E= and W= are the area codes (or oceans) that border this area code in those compass directions.

Optional Parameters:

S1=XX for the first nearby state, province or Caribbean country to this area code, where XX is the two letter abbreviation or the full name of the country.

S2=XX for the second nearby state,

...

S8=XX for the eighth nearby state,

for as many states as border this area code,

Width= to indicate the width of the page the macro should use; it defaults to 80%

Values for State or S1 through S8:

The abbreviations for the Canadian Provinces are: AB BC MB NS NT NU ON PE QC SK YK YT (Recommendation: for NU and YT, as long as they are using the same area code as NT, use NT; for PE use NS)

The abbreviations for the values for U.S. States are: AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HA ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY

The names to use for Caribbean countries are: American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guam, Jamaica, Montserrat, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands.

For an area code where all surrounding area codes are in the same state/province use {{Area code box|State=|This=|N=|S=|E=|W=}} where you want the table.