List of diplomatic missions of the United States
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The United States has the second largest number of active diplomatic posts of any country in the world after the People's Republic of China,[1] including 271 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 173 countries, as well as 11 permanent missions to international organizations and seven other posts (as of November 2023[2]). It maintains "interest sections" (in other states' embassies) in Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea, and Syria.
Countries that host a United States embassy
Interests section and other representations
Countries that do not host United States missions
The United States of America
History
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In December 1777, Morocco became the first nation to seek diplomatic relations with the United States and together they maintain the United States' longest unbroken treaty.[3] 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[4][5][6][7] and the house that he had purchased there, at Fluwelen Burgwal 18 in The Hague, became the first U.S. embassy in the world.[8]
In the period following the American Revolution, George Washington sent a number of close advisers, including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Francis Dana, and John Jay, to the courts of European potentates in order to garner recognition of U.S. independence, with mixed results.[9]
The first overseas consulate of the fledgling United States was founded in 1790 in 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.[citation needed] 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."[10] The United States' first owned overseas property is the American Legation in Tangier, which was a gift of the Sultan of Morocco in 1821.[11][12] In general during the nineteenth century, the United States' diplomatic activities were done on a minimal budget.[additional citation(s) needed] 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.[13]
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 Confederate States of America 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.[14]
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.[15] The wave of overseas construction began with the creation of the State Department's Foreign Service Buildings Commission in 1926.[13]
Following the 1984 US embassy bombing in Beirut, and a 1985 report by Admiral Bobby Ray Inman, new guidelines for American diplomatic buildings focusing on security were issued. It advised that facilities should be located within a single, well-defended site, away from heavily populated areas.[16]
As of 2024, America had the two largest embassy complexes in the world, in Baghdad and Beirut.[16]
Current missions
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Africa
The U.S. has embassies in all the African states it recognizes with the exceptions of Guinea-Bissau (where it maintains a Liaison office), the Comoros, Libya, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Sudan.
Embassy in Mbabane
Embassy in Yaoundé
Americas
The U.S. has embassies in all states in the American continent with the exceptions of Antigua & Barbuda (where it has a consular agency), Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela.
Embassy in Bogotá
Consulate-General in Recife
Consulate-General in Rio de Janeiro
Embassy in Buenos Aires
Embassy in La Paz
Embassy in Montevideo
Consulate-General in Quebec City
Consulate-General in Toronto
Embassy in Panama City
Embassy in Paramaribo
Embassy in Santiago de Chile
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Asia
The U.S. has embassies in all Asian countries it recognizes apart from Afghanistan, Bhutan, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Yemen. It has 'interests sections' in other nations' embassies in Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea, and Syria. It also has a de facto embassy in Taiwan.
Consulate-General in Istanbul
New Embassy in Beirut under construction
former Consulate-General in Chengdu (1985-2020)
Embassy Branch Office in Tel Aviv
American Institute in Taiwan - Main Office in Taipei
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Europe
The U.S. has embassies in (or, in the case of Vatican City, near) all European countries it recognizes apart from Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, and San Marino.
Consulate-General in Munich
Embassy in Bratislava
Consulate-General in Amsterdam
Embassy in Ljubljana
Consulate-General in Barcelona
Consulate-General in Krakow
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Oceania
The U.S. has embassies in all countries in Oceania it recognizes apart from the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, and Tuvalu.
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia |
Canberra | Embassy | [589][590] | |
| Melbourne | Consulate General | |||
| Perth | Consulate General | |||
| Sydney | Consulate General | |||
 Fiji |
Suva | Embassy | [591][592] | |
 Marshall Islands |
Majuro | Embassy | [593][594] | |
 New Zealand |
Wellington | Embassy | Countries: |
[595] |
| Auckland | Consulate General | |||
 Micronesia |
Kolonia | Embassy | [596] | |
 Palau |
Koror | Embassy | [597][598] | |
 Papua New Guinea |
Port Moresby | Embassy | [599] | |
 Samoa |
Apia | Embassy | [600][601] | |
 Solomon Islands |
Honiara | Embassy | [602] | |
 Tonga |
Nuku'alofa | Embassy | [603] | |
 Vanuatu |
Port Vila | Embassy | [604] |
Embassy in Kolonia
International organizations
| Organization | Host city | Host country | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 African Union |
Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | Delegation | [605][606] | |
 ASEAN |
Jakarta | Indonesia | Mission | [607][608] | |
 Asian Development Bank |
Manila | Philippines | Delegation | [609] | |
 European Union |
Brussels | Belgium | Mission | [610] | |
| ICAO | Montreal | Canada | Delegation | ||
 NATO |
Brussels | Belgium | Mission | [611] | |
| OECD | Paris | France | Delegation | [612] | |
 Organization of American States |
Washington, D.C. | United States | Delegation | [613][614] | |
| International Monetary Fund | Washington, D.C. | United States | Permanent Mission | ||
 World Bank |
Washington, D.C. | United States | Permanent Mission | ||
 OSCE |
Vienna | Austria | Delegation | [615][616] [617][618] | |
 Pacific Community |
Nouméa | New Caledonia | Permanent Mission | ||
 United Nations |
New York City | United States | Permanent Mission | International Organizations: |
[619][620] [621] [622][623] [624][625] [626] |
| Geneva | Switzerland | Delegation | |||
| Nairobi | Kenya | Permanent Mission | |||
| Rome | Italy | Delegations | |||
| Vienna | Austria | Delegations | |||
 UNESCO |
Paris | France | Delegation |
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Closed missions
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Africa
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 French Algeria |
Annaba | Consulate General | 1944 | [627][628] |
| Constantine | Consulate General | 1972 | [627][628] | |
| Oran | Consulate General | 1993 | [628] | |
 Egypt |
Alexandria | Consulate-General | 2018 | [629][630][631] |
 Guinea-Bissau |
Bissau | Embassy | 1998 | |
 Libya |
Tripoli | Embassy | 2014 | [632] |
| Benghazi | Consulate General | 2012 | ||
 Spain |
Tangier | Legation | 1956 | |
 Nigeria |
Kaduna | Consulate General | 1956 | [633] |
 Sudan |
Khartoum | Embassy | 2023 | |
 Zaire |
Bukavu | Consulate General | Unknown | [634] |
| Kisangani | Consulate General | Unknown | [634] | |
| Lubumbashi | Consulate General | 1995 | [635][636] |
Americas
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Antigua and Barbuda |
St. John's | Embassy | 1994 | |
 Colombia |
Cartagena | Consulate | 1948 | [637] |
 Texas |
Austin | Legation | 1849 | |
 Hawaiian Kingdom |
Honolulu | Legation | 1893 | |
 Republic of Hawaii |
Honolulu | Legation | 1898 | |
 Venezuela |
Caracas | Embassy | 2019 | [638][639] |
| Maracaibo | Consular Agency | 2019 |
Asia
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan |
Kabul | Embassy | 2021 | [640][254] |
 China |
Nanjing | Embassy | 1950 | |
| Qingdao | Consulate General | 1950 | ||
| Taiwan |
Taipei | Embassy | 1979 | |
 China |
Chengdu | Consulate General | 2020 | [641] |
 Iraq |
Basra | Consulate General | 2018 | [642][643] |
 Pahlavi Iran |
Tehran | Embassy | 1979 | |
| Tabriz | Consulate General | 1979 | ||
 Israel |
Haifa | Consular agency | 2019 | [644] |
 Japan |
Yokohama | Consulate | 1973 | [645] |
 Philippines |
Cebu City | Consulate | Unknown | [646] |
| Davao City | Consulate | Unknown | [646] | |
 South Vietnam |
Saigon | Embassy | 1975 | |
 South Yemen |
Aden | Embassy | 1969 | [647] |
 Syria |
Damascus | Embassy | 2012 | [648] |
 Yemen |
Sana'a | Embassy | 2015 | [649] |
Europe
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Belarus |
Minsk | Embassy | 2022 | [650] |
 Germany |
Bremen | Consular agency | 2018 | [651] |
| Stuttgart | Consulate General | 1995 | [652] | |
 Italy |
Genoa | Consulate General | 1993 | [633][653] |
| Palermo | Consulate | 1994 | [633] | |
 Norway |
Bergen | Consulate | 1953 | [654] |
 Portugal |
Porto | Consulate | 1966 | [655] |
 Soviet Union |
Odessa | Consulate | 1991 | |
 Sweden |
Gothenburg | Consulate | 1988 | [656] |
 Russian Empire |
Odessa | Consulate | 1918 | |
| Russia |
Saint Petersburg | Consulate General | 2018 | |
| Vladivostok | Consulate General | 2020 | [657][658] | |
| Yekaterinburg | Consulate General | 2020 | [659][660] | |
 Ukraine |
Lviv | Consular | 2022 | [661] |
 United Kingdom |
Birmingham | Consulate | 1965 | [662] |
| Bradford | Consulate | 1953 | [662] | |
| Bristol | Consulate | 1948 | [662] | |
| Cardiff | Consulate | 1963 | [662] | |
| Glasgow | Consulate | 1965 | [662] | |
| Kingston upon Hull | Consulate | 1948 | [662] | |
| Liverpool | Consulate | 1962 | [662] | |
| Manchester | Consulate | 1963 | [662] | |
| Newcastle-on-Tyne | Consulate | 1953 | [662] | |
| Plymouth | Consulate | 1948 | [662] | |
| Southampton | Consulate | 1948 | [662] |
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Notes
- On 5 April 2019, the United States signed a protecting power agreement with Switzerland to represent its interests in Venezuela, however, the agreement is not yet operational as it has not been approved by Maduro's government due to the United States rejecting Maduro's government's proposal to have Turkey as its protecting power as the United States only recognizes Guaidó as interim president. In the meantime, a "Venezuela Affairs Unit" section at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia serves as an interim diplomatic office to Venezuela.
- Under the protecting power of Qatar.
- The United States does not have diplomatic relations with North Korea, and as such has its interests represented by Sweden, through its embassy in Pyongyang. Nonetheless, the US Embassy in Beijing attends to consular needs of US citizens in North Korea
- Although Hong Kong and Macau are recognized as sovereign territory of China, their status as Special Administrative Regions grants these two territories substantial autonomy such that the Consulate General of the US (and numerous other missions to China) in Hong Kong arranges this post as a separate representation headed by a Chief of Mission with the title of "Ambassador" (as opposed to a subordinate "Consul General") who reports directly to the State Department, bypassing the Embassy in Beijing.
- Under the protecting power of Switzerland.
- The U.S. Embassy in Sanaa suspended operations on February 11, 2015, in the midst of the Yemeni civil war; however, the United States did not sever diplomatic relations with Yemen. Working from the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia under the authority of the U.S. Ambassador to Yemen, U.S. diplomats in the Yemen Affairs Unit maintained regular dialogue with the Republic of Yemen Government.
- The embassy suspended operations and closed for normal consular services on February 6th, 2012. Since March 1st, 2013, a U.S. Interests Section operates in Damascus under the protecting power of Czechia. 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 United States does not formally recognize the Republic of China on Taiwan. Unofficial relations are conducted through the American Institute in Taiwan, a de facto embassy.
- The U.S. embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory in Rome.
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