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The 219 area code is issued by the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) and is used for northwestern Indiana. It is one of the 87 area codes issued by the NANP for the United States and its territories. The 219 area code serves a population of over 805,000 people in the Lake, LaPorte, Porter, Pulaski, Jasper, Starke, Newton, and White counties. It was created in 1947 when it was split off from the 317 area code, which serves most of the central and southern regions of Indiana.
The NANP is a system that allows geographic areas to be divided into various telephone service areas. It was established in 1947 and provides numbering plan areas (NPAs) which are commonly known as area codes. These are used to determine the locations of telephone calls and determine the cost of local rates. The NANP divides the US, Canada, and some Caribbean countries into 10 regions, each of which has its own area code. Within each region, individual numbering plan areas are established, thus providing telephone numbers with the area code. In the US, a total of 87 different area codes are assigned by the NANP.