In 1993, the other counties were given new area codes ("30" to "69"). The previous area code system did not follow the country administrative regions. Outside county dialing required a national access code "0" ("01-xxx-xxxx" to Bucharest and "0pp-xxx-xxx" for the rest of the country). In-county calling could be done without prefixes at all ("xxx-xxxx" to Bucharest and "xxx-xxx" for the rest of the country). Calling from outside meant "+40-1-xxx-xxxx" for Bucharest and "+40-pp-xxx-xxx" for the rest of the country. An international access code for calling abroad, "00", was adopted. County codes were selected on a geographical order, starting with northern Moldavia (Suceava County had "30"), then going southwards to eastern Wallachia, than westwards to Banat, then northern Transylvania and it ends in the southern Transylvania, until the highest prefix, "69" (used for Sibiu County). The short numbers for special services started with "9" and were three digits long. Each town or county has its own special services, callable with the same number throughout the country.