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| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Address | 3519 International Drive,N.W. |
| Coordinates | 38°56′38.9″N77°4′5.5″W / 38.944139°N 77.068194°W /38.944139; -77.068194 |
| Ambassador | Uzoma Emenike |
TheEmbassy of Nigeria inWashington, D.C. is thediplomatic mission of theFederal Republic of Nigeria to theUnited States.
Its chancery is located on a crest of a hill at 3519 International Court NW, in theCleveland Park neighborhood ofWashington, DC.
The Ambassador isUzoma Emenike.[1]
The architects, led by Robert Sponseller ofShalom Baranes Associates, designed the building to represent life in a Nigerian village. It features individual buildings build concentrically around a central courtyard, beneath a common roof.[2]
Along with the embassies of thePeople's Republic of China andMalaysia, it is one of the largest buildings in the International Drive diplomatic district, with around 100,000 square feet (9,300 m2) of space.[3]
Work had begun on a new chancery in the late 1980s, but political instability in Nigeria delayed serious work for nearly a decade. Approved by theNational Capital Planning Commission on March 4, 1999, construction was completed in early 2002. It was officially commissioned on May 5, 2003 by Nigerian Vice PresidentAtiku Abubakar.
The Washington chapter of theAmerican Institute of Architects awarded the chancery a 2002 award for excellence in architecture, and it was featured on the cover of the Winter 2003 issue of their magazine,Architecture DC.
In 2011, there was a protest there aboutBiafra.[4]
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