List of diplomatic missions of the United States
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This is a list of diplomatic missions of the United States of America. The United States has the most diplomatic missions of any country in the world.[1]
History
It is said that Morocco, in December 1777, became the first nation to seek diplomatic relations with the United States and together they maintain the United States' longest unbroken treaty. However the claim also goes to the Netherlands, as they were the first to recognize the United States as an independent government.[2]
Benjamin Franklin established the first overseas mission of the United States in Paris in 1779. On April 19, 1782, John Adams was received by the States-General and the Dutch Republic as they were the first country, together with Morocco and France, to recognize the United States as an independent government. John Adams then became the first U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands[3][4][5][6] and the house that he had purchased at Fluwelen Burgwal 18 in The Hague, became the first U.S. embassy anywhere in the world.[7]
In the period following the American Revolution, George Washington sent a number of close advisers to the courts of European potentates in order to garner recognition of U.S. independence with mixed results, including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Francis Dana, and John Jay.[8] Much of the first fifty years of the Department of State concerned negotiating with imperial European powers over the territorial integrity of the borders of the United States as known today.
The first overseas consulate of the fledgling United States was founded in 1790 at Liverpool, Great Britain, by James Maury Jr., who was appointed by Washington. Maury held the post from 1790 to 1829. Liverpool was at the time Britain's leading port for transatlantic commerce and therefore of great economic importance to the United States. President George Washington, on November 19, 1792, nominated Benjamin Joy of Newbury Port as the first U.S. Consul to Kolkata (then Calcutta), India. Joy was not recognized as consul by the British East India Company but was permitted to “reside here as a Commercial Agent subject to the Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction of this Country…”.[9] The first overseas property owned, and the longest continuously owned, by the United States is the American Legation in Tangier, which was a gift of the Sultan of Morocco in 1821. In general during the nineteenth century, the United States' diplomatic activities were done on a minimal budget. The U.S. owned no property abroad and provided no official residences for its foreign envoys, paid them a minimal salary, and gave them the rank of ministers rather than ambassadors who represented the great powers—a position which the U.S. only achieved towards the end of the nineteenth century.[10]
In the latter half of the nineteenth century, the State Department was concerned with expanding commercial ties in Asia, establishing Liberia, foiling diplomatic recognition of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, and securing its presence in North America. The Confederacy had diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Papal States, Russia, Mexico, and Spain, and consular missions in Ireland, Canada, Cuba, Italy, Bermuda, and Nassau and New Providence.[11]
The United States' global prominence became evident in the twentieth century, and the State Department was required to invest in a large network of diplomatic missions to manage its bilateral and multilateral relations.[12] The wave of overseas construction began with the creation of the State Department’s Foreign Service Buildings Commission in 1926.[10]
Africa
Algeria
- Algiers (Embassy)
Angola
- Luanda (Embassy)
Benin
- Cotonou (Embassy)
Botswana
- Gaborone (Embassy)
Burkina Faso
- Ouagadougou (Embassy)
Burundi
- Bujumbura (Embassy)
Cameroon
- Yaoundé (Embassy)
Cape Verde
- Praia (Embassy)
Central African Republic
- Bangui (Embassy)
Chad
- N'Djamena (Embassy)
Republic of the Congo
- Brazzaville (Embassy)
Côte d'Ivoire
- Abidjan (Embassy)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Kinshasa (Embassy)
Djibouti
- Djibouti (Embassy)
Egypt
- Cairo (Embassy)
- Alexandria (Consulate General)
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
- Asmara (Embassy)
Ethiopia
- Addis Ababa (Embassy)
Gabon
- Libreville (Embassy)
Gambia
- Banjul (Embassy)
Ghana
- Accra (Embassy)
Guinea
- Conakry (Embassy)
Kenya
Lesotho
- Maseru (Embassy)
Liberia
- Monrovia (Embassy)
Madagascar
- Antananarivo (Embassy)
Malawi
- Lilongwe (Embassy)
Mali
- Bamako (Embassy)
Mauritania
- Nouakchott (Embassy)
Mauritius
- Port Louis (Embassy)
Morocco
- Rabat (Embassy)
- Casablanca (Consulate General)
Mozambique
- Maputo (Embassy)
Namibia
- Windhoek (Embassy)
Niger
- Niamey (Embassy)
Nigeria
Rwanda
- Kigali (Embassy)
Senegal
- Dakar (Embassy)
Sierra Leone
- Freetown (Embassy)
South Africa
- Pretoria (Embassy)
- Cape Town (Consulate General)
- Durban (Consulate General)
- Johannesburg (Consulate General)
South Sudan
Sudan
- Khartoum (Embassy)
Eswatini
- Mbabane (Embassy)
Tanzania
Togo
- Lomé (Embassy)
Tunisia
- Tunis (Embassy)
Uganda
- Kampala (Embassy)
Zambia
- Lusaka (Embassy)
Zimbabwe
- Harare (Embassy)
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U.S. Embassy in Antananarivo
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U.S. Embassy in Libreville
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U.S. Embassy in Yaoundé
Americas
Antigua and Barbuda
- St. John's (Consular Agency)
Argentina
- Buenos Aires (Embassy)
Barbados
- Bridgetown (Embassy)
Bahamas
- Nassau (Embassy)
Belize
- Belmopan (Embassy)
Bolivia
- La Paz (Embassy)
- Santa Cruz (Consular Agency)
Brazil
- Brasília (Embassy)
- Recife (Consulate General)
- Rio de Janeiro (Consulate General)
- São Paulo (Consulate General)
- Belo Horizonte (American Presence Post)
- Fortaleza (Consular Agency)
- Manaus (Consular Agency)
- Porto Alegre (Consulate)
- Salvador (Consular Agency)
Canada
Chile
- Santiago (Embassy)
Colombia
- Bogotá (Embassy)
- Cartagena (Embassy Branch Office)
- Barranquilla (Consular Agency)
Costa Rica
- San José (Embassy)
Cuba
Dominican Republic
- Santo Domingo (Embassy)
- Bávaro (Consular Agency)
- Puerto Plata (Consular Agency)
Ecuador
El Salvador
- San Salvador (Embassy)
Grenada
- St. George's (Embassy)
Guatemala
- Guatemala City (Embassy)
Guyana
- Georgetown (Embassy)
Haiti
- Port-au-Prince (Embassy)[13]
Honduras
- Tegucigalpa (Embassy)
- San Pedro Sula (Consular Agency)
Jamaica
- Kingston (Embassy)
- Montego Bay (Consular Agency)
Mexico
- Mexico City (Embassy)
- Ciudad Juárez (Consulate General)
- Guadalajara (Consulate General)
- Hermosillo (Consulate General)
- Matamoros (Consulate General)
- Mérida (Consulate General)
- Monterrey (Consulate General)
- Nogales (Consulate General)
- Nuevo Laredo (Consulate General)
- Tijuana (Consulate General)
- Acapulco (Consular Agency)
- Cabo San Lucas (Consular Agency)
- Cancún (Consular Agency)
- Mazatlán (Consular Agency)
- Oaxaca (Consular Agency)
- Piedras Negras (Consular Agency)
- Playa del Carmen (Consular Agency)
- Puerto Vallarta (Consular Agency)
- San Miguel de Allende (Consular Agency)
Nicaragua
- Managua (Embassy)
Panama
- Panama City (Embassy)
Paraguay
- Asunción (Embassy)
Peru
Suriname
- Paramaribo (Embassy)
Trinidad and Tobago
- Port of Spain (Embassy)
Uruguay
- Montevideo (Embassy)
Venezuela
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US Embassy in Bogota
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U.S. Embassy in Brasília
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U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown
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U.S. Embassy in La Paz
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U.S. Embassy in Ottawa
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U.S. Embassy in Paramaribo
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US Embassy in Port of Spain
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U.S. Consulate-General in Quebec City
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U.S. Embassy in Quito
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U.S. Embassy in San José
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U.S. Embassy in San Salvador
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U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa
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U.S. Consulate-General in Toronto
Asia
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
- Baku (Embassy)
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Brunei
- Bandar Seri Begawan (Embassy)
Cambodia
- Phnom Penh (Embassy)
China
Georgia
India
Indonesia
Iran
- Tehran (Interests Section in Swiss Embassy)
Iraq
Israel
- Jerusalem (Embassy and Consulate General)
- Tel Aviv (Embassy Branch Office)
- Haifa (Consular Agency)
Japan
Jordan
- Amman (Embassy)
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
- Kuwait City (Embassy)
Kyrgyzstan
- Bishkek (Embassy)
Laos
- Vientiane (Embassy)
Lebanon
- Beirut (Embassy)
Malaysia
- Kuala Lumpur (Embassy)
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
- Kathmandu (Embassy)
Oman
- Muscat (Embassy)
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
- Doha (Embassy)
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
- Singapore (Embassy)
South Korea
Sri Lanka
- Colombo (Embassy)
Syria
Taiwan [14]
- Taipei (American Institute in Taiwan—Taipei Office)
- Kaohsiung (American Institute in Taiwan—Kaohsiung Branch Office)
Tajikistan
- Dushanbe (Embassy)
Thailand
- Bangkok (Embassy)
- Chiang Mai (Consulate General)
Timor-Leste
- Dili (Embassy)
Turkey
- Ankara (Embassy)
- Istanbul (Consulate General)
- Adana (Consulate)
- Izmir (Consular Agency)
Turkmenistan
- Ashgabat (Embassy)
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
- Tashkent (Embassy)
Vietnam
- Hanoi (Embassy)
- Ho Chi Minh City (Consulate General)
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U.S. Embassy in Amman
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U.S. Embassy in Bangkok
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U.S. Embassy in Beijing
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U.S. Embassy in Hanoi
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U.S. Consulate-General in Istanbul
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U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem
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U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur
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US Embassy in New Delhi
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U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh
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U.S. Embassy in Seoul
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U.S. Consulate-General in Tel-Aviv
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U.S. Embassy in Yerevan
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American Institute in Taiwan - (Taipei Office)
Europe
Albania
Austria
Belarus
- Minsk (Embassy)
Belgium
- Brussels (Embassy)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Sarajevo (Embassy)
- Banja Luka (Embassy Branch Office)
- Mostar (Embassy Branch Office)
Bulgaria
- Sofia (Embassy)
Croatia
- Zagreb (Embassy)
Cyprus[15]
- Nicosia (Embassy)
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
- Helsinki (Embassy)
France
- Paris (Embassy)
- Marseille (Consulate General)
- Strasbourg (Consulate General)
- Bordeaux (American Presence Post)
- Lyon (American Presence Post)
- Rennes (American Presence Post)
- Toulouse (American Presence Post)
- Fort-de-France, Martinique (Consular Agency)
- Tahiti, French Polynesia (Consular Agency)
Germany
- Berlin (Embassy)
- Bremen (Consular Agency)
- Düsseldorf (Consulate General)
- Frankfurt (Consulate General)
- Hamburg (Consulate General)
- Leipzig (Consulate General)
- Munich (Consulate General)
Greece
Holy See
Hungary
- Budapest (Embassy)
Iceland
- Reykjavík (Embassy)
Ireland
Italy
- Rome (Embassy)
- Florence (Consulate General)
- Milan (Consulate General)
- Naples (Consulate General)
- Genoa (Consular Agency)
- Palermo (Consular Agency)
- Venice (Consular Agency)
Kosovo
- Pristina (Embassy)
Latvia
- Riga (Embassy)
Lithuania
- Vilnius (Embassy)
Luxembourg
- Luxembourg (Embassy)
North Macedonia
- Skopje (Embassy)
Malta
Moldova
Montenegro
- Podgorica (Embassy)
Netherlands
- The Hague (Embassy)
- Amsterdam (Consulate General)
- Willemstad, Curaçao (Consulate General)
Norway
Poland
Portugal
- Lisbon (Embassy)
- Ponta Delgada (Consulate)
Romania
- Bucharest (Embassy)
Russia
- Moscow (Embassy)
- Vladivostok (Consulate General)
- Yekaterinburg (Consulate General)
Serbia
- Belgrade (Embassy)
Slovakia
- Bratislava (Embassy)
Slovenia
- Ljubljana (Embassy)
Spain
- Madrid (Embassy)
- Barcelona (Consulate General)
- Las Palmas (Consular Agency)
- Málaga (Consular Agency)
- Palma de Mallorca (Consular Agency)
- Seville (Consular Agency)
- Valencia (Consular Agency)
Sweden
- Stockholm (Embassy)
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
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U.S. Consulate-General in Amsterdam
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U.S. Embassy in Athens
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U.S. Embassy in Bern
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U.S. Embassy in Bratislava
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U.S. Embassy in Budapest
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United States Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands
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U.S. Consulate-General in Hamburg
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U.S. Embassy in Kiev
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Embassy of the United States in Madrid
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U.S. Consulate-General in Munich
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U.S. Embassy in Oslo
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U.S. Embassy in Prague
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U.S. Embassy in Skopje
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U.S. Embassy in Stockholm
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U.S. Embassy in Warsaw
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U.S. Embassy in Zagreb
Oceania
Australia
Fiji
- Suva (Embassy)
Marshall Islands
- Majuro (Embassy)
Federated States of Micronesia
- Kolonia (Embassy)
New Zealand
- Wellington (Embassy)
- Auckland (Consulate General)
Palau
- Koror (Embassy)
Papua New Guinea
- Port Moresby (Embassy)
Samoa
- Apia (Embassy)
Solomon Islands
- Honiara (Consular Agency)
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U.S. Embassy in Kolonia
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U.S. Embassy in Wellington
International organizations
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- Addis Ababa (Delegation to the African Union)(established 2006)[16]
- Brussels (Delegations to the European Union, see United States Mission to the European Union)
- Geneva (Delegations to several International Organizations)
- Jakarta (Delegation to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
- Manila (Delegation to the Asian Development Bank)
- Montréal (Delegation to the International Civil Aviation Organization)
- New York City (Delegation to the United Nations)
- Paris (Delegations to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and UNESCO)
- Rome (Delegation to the Food and Agriculture Organization)
- Vienna (Delegations to the United Nations and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
- Washington, D.C. (Delegation to the Organization of American States)
See also
- History of United States diplomatic relations by country
- Ambassadors of the United States
- United States Foreign Service
- Terrorist attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities
- List of diplomatic missions in the United States
Notes
- ^ Effective February 6, 2012, the embassy suspended operations and closed for normal consular services. Since March 1, 2013, a US Interests Section operates via the Government of the Czech Republic through its embassy in Damascus. Only emergency services for U.S. citizens are available. Neither U.S. passports nor visas to the United States can be issued in Damascus.
- ^ The US embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory in Rome.
References
- ^ https://www.lowyinstitute.org/global-diplomacy-index/country_rank.html,
- ^ Morocco Country Study Guide. Washington, DC: International Business Publications, USA. April 1, 2006. p. 94. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ Speeches and editorials 2007 – U.S. Embassy The Hague, Netherlands Archived June 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Atlantic World - Collections - Memory of the Netherlands - Online ima…". 5 July 2015. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018.
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- ^ US embassy report on Dutch-American Friendship Day. (archive)
- ^ United States Department of State, Timeline of U.S. Diplomatic History, 1775–1783 Diplomacy and the American Revolution. Accessed 29 August 2008.
- ^ "U.S. Consulate General Kolkata | U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
- ^ a b Loeffler, Jane C. (1998). Architecture of Diplomacy: Building America. Princeton Architectural Press. p. 13.
- ^ "Confederate States of America records, 1854–1889". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
- ^ United States Department of State, Websites of U.S. Embassies, Consulates, and Diplomatic Missions. Accessed 29 August 2008.
- ^ "US Embassy in Haiti closed due to anti-Trump protests".
- ^ The United States does not recognize Taiwan.
- ^ The United States doesn't recognize Northern Cyprus, but has an embassy Archived 2016-04-29 at the Wayback Machine in North Nicosia.
- ^ "Policy & History | U.S. Mission to The African Union". U.S. Mission to The African Union. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
External links
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