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list of diplomatic missionA diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organization present in another state to represent the sending state/organization in the receiving state...
s in the United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. At present,
Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790...
hosts 174 resident embassies. 11 nations maintain diplomatic relations with the United States through their missions at the
United NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace...
in
New YorkNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
. However, only those offices in New York that serve as an official diplomatic mission to the United States are listed here. For a complete list of diplomatic missions to the United Nations, see List of Permanent Representatives to the United Nations.
Note: As of April 2008, there were 1,175
consulatesThe title Consul is used for the official representatives of the government of one state in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of the consul's own country, and to facilitate trade and friendship between the people of the country to whom he or she is...
and
trade officeA trade office, sometimes known as a trade representation, commercial office, or trade mission, is an official establishment that promotes the commercial interests of a government in a foreign capital. The head of such an establishment is typically called a trade representative or commercial...
s in 134 U.S.
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This is a
list of diplomatic missionA diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organization present in another state to represent the sending state/organization in the receiving state...
s in the United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. At present,
Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790...
hosts 174 resident embassies. 11 nations maintain diplomatic relations with the United States through their missions at the
United NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace...
in
New YorkNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
. However, only those offices in New York that serve as an official diplomatic mission to the United States are listed here. For a complete list of diplomatic missions to the United Nations, see List of Permanent Representatives to the United Nations.
Note: As of April 2008, there were 1,175
consulatesThe title Consul is used for the official representatives of the government of one state in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of the consul's own country, and to facilitate trade and friendship between the people of the country to whom he or she is...
and
trade officeA trade office, sometimes known as a trade representation, commercial office, or trade mission, is an official establishment that promotes the commercial interests of a government in a foreign capital. The head of such an establishment is typically called a trade representative or commercial...
s in 134 U.S. cities in addition to the missions listed here. The
United States Department of StateThe United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, similar to foreign ministries, foreign offices, ministries of external relations, etc. in other countries...
maintains the official consular list.
Embassies in Washington, D.C.
Countries marked with an asterisk (*) have embassies in Washington located on or near a portion of
Massachusetts AvenueMassachusetts Avenue, abbreviated Mass Ave, is a major diagonal transverse road in Washington, D.C. Appearing in Pierre L'Enfant's original plan, it is the longest thoroughfare in the capital, crossing three of its four quadrants. It intersects every major north-south street and passes numerous...
known as
Embassy RowEmbassy Row is the informal name for a street or area of a city in which embassies or other diplomatic installations are concentrated. Perhaps the best-known of these is in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States...
.
************* (Zaire)**** (Timor-Leste)******* (Vatican City)***********************************
Countries officially represented by their missions in New York
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transitional governmentThe Transitional Federal Parliament of the Republic of Somalia is an interim Parliament of Somalia formed in neighbouring Kenya in 2004....
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Countries without formal diplomatic missions to the United States
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ConsularThe title Consul is used for the official representatives of the government of one state in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of the consul's own country, and to facilitate trade and friendship between the people of the country to whom he or she is...
duties managed by United Nations mission in New York - Maintains interests section within the Embassy of Switzerland (
protecting powerA protecting power is a state which somehow protects another state, and/or represents the interests of the protected state's citizens in a third state....
) - Interests managed by the Embassies of Pakistan and Switzerland (protecting powers) - Northern Cyprus Representative Office - Consular duties managed by United Nations mission in New York (Taiwan) -
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative OfficeA Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office , sometimes known as a Taipei Economic and Cultural Office or a Taipei Representative Office, is a representative office, established by the Republic of China in countries that have diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China...
(Western Sahara)
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