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Area code 818 is a California telephone area code consisting largely of the San Fernando Valley of the Los Angeles, California. It covers roughly 2 million people.

1 History
2 Cities in the 818 area code
3 Popular Culture
4 See also

History

After the standardization of American telephone area codes, the entire Los Angeles metropolitan area had fallen within the 213 area code. Because the population and phone usage of the Los Angeles metropolitan area greatly increased during the 1980s and 1990s, the 213 area code was split into several new area codes, including the 818 and 310 area codes. The 818 area code entered service on 1/7/84. Area code 626 was split from it on 6/14/97.

During the pop-culture heyday of the San Fernando Valley in the 1980s (typified by the Frank Zappa single "Valley Girl"), the term "818" actually acquired some currency in American popular lingo. This was mostly due to several Hollywood movies of the period that attempted to portray the absurdity of American suburban teen culture, by dramatizing teen life in the suburb that was geographically nearest to Hollywood. (The major movie studios, in the Burbank and Hollywood areas, are located within or adjacent to the San Fernando Valley/818 area code). Thus, characters in these movies would make reference to living in, or communicating with friends who lived in, the "818".

Cities in the 818 area code

Neighborhoods/Districts in Los Angeles City

Arleta
Canoga Park
Chatsworth
Encino
Granada Hills
Mission Hills
North Hills
North Hollywood
Northridge
Pacoima
Panorama City
Reseda
Sherman Oaks
Studio City
Sun Valley
Sylmar
Tarzana
Toluca Lake
Universal City
Valley Village
Van Nuys
West Hills
Winnetka
Woodland Hills

Cities in Los Angeles County

Agoura Hills
Burbank
Calabasas
Glendale
La Cañada Flintridge
Part of Pasadena
San Fernando
Westlake Village

Districts in Ventura County

Oak Park

Popular Culture

Rapper/ Performer Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace mentions "818" in the lyrics to the song 'Going Back To Cali' on the 1997 album "Life After Death"

State of California Area Codes: 209, 213, 310, 323, 408, 415, 424, 510, 530, 559, 562, 619, 626, 650, 657 (upcoming), 661, 707, 714, 760, 805, 818, 831, 858, 909, 916, 925, 949, 951
	North: 661
West: 805	area code 818	East: 626
	South: 310, 323

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