The area code 0579 belongs to Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, and the area code at the beginning of several districts under the jurisdiction of Jinhua City is also 0579.

Jinhua, formerly known as Wuzhou, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province. It is the central city of the Yangtze River Delta, an important advanced manufacturing base in the southern wing of the Yangtze River Delta, and a central city in the central and western parts of Zhejiang Province, with a total area of 10942 square kilometers, bordering Taizhou in the east, Lishui in the south, Quzhou in the west and Shaoxing and Hangzhou in the north.