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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.
This is a list of diplomatic missions in the United States.At present, 175 nations maintain diplomatic missions to the United States in the capital, Washington, D.C. Being the seat of the Organization of American States, the city also hosts missions of its member-states, separate from their respective embassies to the United States.
The following is a list of the consular districts of the United States. Such districts are designated by the Secretary of State as per Section 312(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3952(c)). [1]
The Consulate General of the United States, Hong Kong and Macau, represents the United States in Hong Kong and Macau. [2] It has been located at 26 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, since the late 1950s. [3] The consul general is Gregory May, who has served since September 2022.
U.S. Consulate General Frankfurt in 2008, at which the memorial ceremony of September 11 attacks was taking place. The Consulate General of the United States in Frankfurt am Main represents the interests of the United States government in Frankfurt, Germany and nearby surrounding areas. It is the largest Consulate General of the US.
The United States closed its embassy in Brussels on July 15, 1940, after the German invasion of Belgium. The embassy was reopened September 14, 1944. During the war, relations were maintained with the government-in-exile in London. Belize [25] Consulate: 1847; Recognized: 1981; Relations established: 1981; Legation/embassy established: 1981
The Consulate General of the United States in Shanghai is one of the five American diplomatic and consular posts in the People's Republic of China. [ 1 ] First established in 1844 following the signing of the Treaty of Wanghia , the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai had a presence until the conclusion of the Chinese Communist Revolution and it ...
The beginning of the American consulate in Guangzhou dates back over two centuries to the founding years of the American republic, even before George Washington was elected as the first President of the United States. Consulate Guangzhou (known as Canton at that time), as America’s oldest diplomatic post in China and one of America’s oldest ...