Area Code 5546 – Berislav, Kherson

Geographic Overview

The +380 5546 dialing prefix is a geographic National Destination Code (NDC) assigned to the city of Berislav and its surrounding administrative district within the Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine. This numbering area falls under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian National Commission for State Regulation of Communications and Informatization, which administers the national E.164 numbering plan. Berislav is situated on the right bank of the Dnipro River, near the Kakhovka Reservoir, and serves as a significant local administrative and agricultural hub. The geographic coverage of this code includes the city itself and adjacent rural settlements that rely on the local PSTN infrastructure.

Dialing Formats

For callers within Ukraine, the national trunk prefix '0' is used before the area code, followed by the subscriber number. The complete national format is: 0 5546 XXX XX. When dialing from abroad, the international access prefix (typically '00' or '+') is used, followed by Ukraine's country code '380', the area code without the leading '0', and the subscriber number. The international format is: +380 5546 XXX XX. Subscriber numbers in this area are typically six digits long, making the total number length (including country code and area code) 12 digits in international format.

Caller Instructions

Local callers within the Berislav district can often dial the six-digit subscriber number directly if their telephone exchange is within the same local calling area. However, for calls from other regions of Ukraine, the full national format (0 5546 XXX XX) must be used. International callers must replace the trunk prefix '0' with the '+' sign or the appropriate international access code (e.g., '011' from North America) and then dial the country code '380', the area code '5546', and the local subscriber number. For example, to call a Berislav landline number 123456 from the United States, one would dial: 011 380 5546 123456.

Overlay and Numbering Considerations

As of the latest ITU-T E.164 national numbering plan updates, there is no overlay code for the Berislav area; the 5546 code remains the sole geographic code for this region. The Ukrainian numbering plan has not introduced any area code changes for this region in recent years, but users should be aware that number portability may allow a subscriber to retain their number even if they relocate within Ukraine, though the geographic significance of the code remains for routing purposes.