The Embassy of Nigeria in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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 is the diplomatic mission

Diplomatic mission

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 of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

 to the United States

United States

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Its chancery is located on a crest of a hill at 3519 International Court NW, in the Cleveland Park

Cleveland Park

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 neighborhood of Washington, DC.

The Ambassador is Adebowale Ibidapo Adefuye.

Building

The architects, led by Robert Sponseller of Shalom 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.

Along with the embassies of the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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 and Malaysia, it is one of the largest buildings in the International Drive diplomatic district, with around 100000 square feet (9,290.3 m²) of space.

Work had begun on a new embassy in the late 1980s, but political instability in Nigeria delayed serious work for nearly a decade. Approved by the National Capital Planning Commission

National Capital Planning Commission

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 on March 4, 1999, construction was completed in early 2002. It was officially commissioned on May 5, 2003 by Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar

Atiku Abubakar

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, alias Turakin Adamawa, GCON was the Vice-President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007. He is a Muslim native of Adamawa State, and was an influential member of the ruling People's Democratic Party until 2006 when he switched affiliation to the Action Congress party...

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The Washington chapter of the American Institute of Architects

American Institute of Architects

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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.

External links

• Embassy of Nigeria, Washington official site
• wikimapia