Editing Area codes 916 and 279 (section)

{{short description|Area codes in Sacramento, California, United States}}
{{California area codes image map|916}}

'''Area codes 916 and 279''' are telephone [[NPA code|area codes]] in the [[North American Numbering Plan]] for [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]], the state capital, and most of its suburbs.

Area code 916 was one of the first three original area codes established in California in October 1947, originally assigned to the most northern part, but remapped in 1950 to the northeast. Area code splits have reduced the numbering plan area to the greater Sacramento area. Area code 279 began service in an [[overlay complex|overlay]] in March 2018 to relieve an exhausted supply of [[central office code]]s in 916.