Area code 313 is the telephone area code serving the city of Detroit, Michigan, and some of the city's innermost enclave cities (Hamtramck and Highland Park), including Dearborn, Redford and Grosse Pointe. Until December 1, 1993, it served the entire Metro Detroit region plus nearby Flint and the southern part of Michigan's "Thumb", but explosive demand for new phone numbers (caused principally by the spread of fax machines and cellular phones) caused northern suburbs, Flint and the southern Thumb to adopt the new area code 810.[citation needed] Later, that area would be subdivided further, into 248, largely serving Oakland County, and 586, covering Macomb County. Meanwhile on December 13, 1997, the 313 area also required an additional breakup, creating the new 734 area out of Washtenaw, Monroe, and western Wayne counties.
Advertisers in the city of Detroit try to connect themselves with the 313 area code.[citation needed] One is Faygo which runs ads with 313 with the '1' being pictured as a one-liter bottle (Faygo's unique bottling size) of Faygo pop.[citation needed]
In popular media
The area code 313 was used in the movie 8 Mile by rapper Eminem in reference to all the people in Detroit.[citation needed]
On the front cover of Eminem's 2009 album Relapse there is a mock prescription label, the number 313 appears under quantity.[citation needed]
Ludacris featuring Nate Dogg "Area Codes" where lists all the phone numbers 313 in the line on his 2001 release, Word of Mouf.
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| State of Michigan area codes: 231, 248, 269, 313, 517, 586, 616, 734, 810, 906, 947, 989 |
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North: 248/947, 586 |
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| West: 734 |
Area code 313 |
East: 519/226 |
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South: 519/226, 734 |
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| Province of Ontario area codes: 226, 249, 289, 343, 416, 519, 613, 647, 705, 807, 905 |
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