Embassy of South Africa
Embassy of South Africa is a government office in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic which is located on Massachusetts Avenue Northwest. Embassy of South Africa is situated nearby to the work of art Statue of Winston Churchill, as well as near the government office British Defence Staff – US.- Email: info.saembassydc@dirco.gov.za
- Type: Government office
- Also known as: “Embassy of the Republic of South Africa in the United States of America” and “Legation of the Union of South Africa Building”
- Address: 3051 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20008
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Number One Observatory Circle and British Defence Staff – US.
Number One Observatory Circle
Government office
Number One Observatory Circle is the official residence of the vice president of the United States. Located on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., it is sometimes informally referred to simply as "the Naval Observatory". Number One Observatory Circle is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Embassy of South Africa.
British Defence Staff – US
Government office
The British Defence Staff – US, which was previously known as British Joint Staff Mission and British Defence Staff, is the home of the Ministry of Defence in the United States of America and its purpose is to serve the interests of His Majesty's Government in the US. British Defence Staff – US is situated 540 feet west of Embassy of South Africa.
Statue of Winston Churchill
Work of art
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The statue of Winston Churchill on Embassy Row in Washington, D.C., is a bronze memorial in honor of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The plan to erect a memorial began after Churchill's 89th birthday.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woodley Park and Massachusetts Avenue Heights.
Woodley Park
Suburb
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
Woodley Park is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. Primarily residential, Woodley Park hosts a commercial corridor of restaurants and shops located along Connecticut Avenue.
Massachusetts Avenue Heights
Neighborhood
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Massachusetts Heights is a small neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C., dominated by the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral. The neighborhood is bounded to the north by Woodley Road, to the southwest by Massachusetts Avenue, to the east by 34th Street NW, and to the west by Wisconsin Avenue.
Burleith
Neighborhood
Photo: Rudi Riet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burleith is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C.’s Northwest quadrant. It is bordered by 35th Street NW to the east, Reservoir Road NW and the historic Georgetown district to the south, Whitehaven Park to the north, and Glover-Archbold Park to the west.
Embassy of South Africa
- Categories: building, office, and government building
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.92003° or 38° 55′ 12″ northLongitude
-77.06079° or 77° 3′ 39″ westElevation
180 feet (55 metres)Open location code
87C4WWCQ+2MOpenStreetMap ID
way 67829010OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
office=diplomaticGeoNames ID
4138466
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Embassy of South Africa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سفارة جنوب افريقيا”
- Dutch: “Ambassade van Zuid-Afrika”
- French: “Ambassade d’Afrique du Sud”
- German: “Botschaft von Südafrika”
- Spanish: “Embajada de Sudáfrica”
- Swedish: “Sydafrikas ambassad”
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