Important Phone Numbers

Baja Dialing Instructions

Whether your traveling in Baja for the food and drinks, the sport fishing, shopping, surfing or golfing, it never hurts to be prepared for adverse situations. This page provides information on public services that can prove useful or even lifesaving in certain situations. 

Important: Print a copy of this page to carry in your car or with you at all times so you have emergency phone numbers at your fingertips should the need arise.

Dialing these Phone numbers in Baja:

Each phone number is preceded with (01) (6).  Dial (01) (6) when you are calling long distance from one Baja city to another.  (01) is used to signify your call is long distance.  It is equivalent to dialing 1 in the USA to start your long distance call.  The (6) is the area code for northern Baja and must be dialed when you are calling an area of northern baja that is long distance (from one city to another).  If you are dialing to location within the same city or town, you would not need the (01) or the (6).  In that case you would dial the number direct.

Here are some examples:

To dial the Tijuana General Hospital from Rosarito, or anywhere Mexican city outside of Tijuana, you would dial 01-6-16840922

To dial the Tijuana General Hospital from within Tijuana, you would simply dial 16840922.

And one more... to dial the Tijuana General Hospital from the USA, you would dial 011-52- 6-16840922.  In this case the 011 is the equivalent to the 01 within Mexico and the 52 is the country code for Mexico.  The next 6 signifies northern Baja and the 16840922 is the local phone number for the Tijuana General Hospital.

Note:   Baja recently added the 1 to the beginning of all numbers.  So whereas you used to dial 6840922, you would now dial 16840922.

The three digit numbers are special numbers that  may be dialed from anywhere within Baja (such as 911 and 411 in the USA).  

Cell Phones in Baja

At the time of this writing, cell phones programmed for use in the US are typically un usable in Baja although sometimes you can get a Mexican operator to place a call from your cell phone, and some cell phone carriers can dial at Mexican long distance rates.  Calls made through a Mexican operator will require a credit card, but you should not count on being able to reach a Mexican operator, if you plan to use your phone for business or other needs.  

If you are a fairly regular traveler to Baja, you should consider getting an account with Baja Cellular.  For around $30 (one time setup fee) Baja Cellular will set up a pre-paid account for you while you wait.  This can be done at any of the numerous cell phone stores found throughout the major cities in Baja.  Once you set up your phone, you can buy cell phone cards good for 100 pesos or 500 pesos of calling (roughly $10 or $50 worth).  There is no monthly fee for this service.  It is 100% pay as you go.

If your cell phone supports two phone numbers, you can have Baja Cellular program the second number with a Baja Cellular Mexican phone number.  You will be able to receive calls in Mexico as well as make calls to anywhere in the world with Baja Cellular programming. 

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Baja Emergency and Public Service Numbers

Note:  all of the following three digit numbers can be dialed anywhere in Baja California for emergency services.

Red Cross

Consulates and Tourism  

Hospitals in Tijuana

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