United Nations Headquarters

The headquarters of the United Nations is on 17 to 18 acres of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of in , United States.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: group of buildings in New York City
  • Also known as: “Hauptsitz Vereinten Nationen”, “Headquarters of the United Nations”, “ÕM väʹlddpäiʹǩǩ”, “Sede de la Organizacion de las Naciones Unidas”, “Sediul Națiunilor Unite”, “Sediul ONU”, “Trụ sở LHQ”, “Trụ sở Liên Hiệp Quốc”, “UN Headquarters”, “UN HQ”, “UN 본부”, “UNHQ”, “United Nations”, “UNO”, “БМО баш-фатиры”, “Седиште на ООН”, “국제 연합 본부”, “纽约联合国城”, “联合国总部大厦”, and “聯合國總部大樓”
  • Address: 405 FDR Drive, New York, NY 10017
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tudor City and Murray Hill.

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United Nations Headquarters

Latitude
40.7496° or 40° 44′ 59″ north
Longitude
-73.96755° or 73° 58′ 3″ west
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
Established
1952
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
87G8P2XJ+RX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 48869328
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­international_organization
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
5141947
Wiki­data ID
Q11297
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“United Nations Headquarters” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Selia e Kombeve të Bashkuara”
  • Arabic: “مقر الأمم المتحدة”
  • Armenian: “ՄԱԿ-ի գլխավոր գրասենյակ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Birləşmiş Millətlər Təşkilatının Baş Qərargahı”
  • Balinese: “Markas Ageng Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa”
  • Bashkir: “БМО-ның штаб-фатиры”
  • Basque: “Nazio Batuen Egoitza”
  • Belarusian: “Штаб-кватэра ААН”
  • Bengali: “জাতিসংঘ সদর দপ্তর”
  • Bosnian: “Sjedište Ujedinjenih naroda”
  • Breton: “Sez ar Broadoù Unanet”
  • Catalan: “seu de les Nacions Unides”
  • Catalan: “Seu de les Nacions Unides”
  • Chinese: “Liánhéguó Zǒngbù Dàlóu”
  • Chinese: “联合国总部大楼”
  • Croatian: “Sjedište Ujedinjenih naroda”
  • Czech: “Budova Organizace spojených národů”
  • Danish: “FN’s hovedkvarter”
  • Dutch: “Hoofdkwartier van de Verenigde Naties”
  • Esperanto: “Sidejo de UN”
  • Estonian: “ÜRO peakorter”
  • Finnish: “Yhdistyneiden kansakuntien päämaja”
  • French: “Siège de l’ONU”
  • French: “Siège des Nations unies”
  • Galician: “Sede da Organización das Nacións Unidas”
  • Georgian: “გაეროს შტაბ-ბინა”
  • German: “Hauptsitz der Vereinten Nationen”
  • German: “UN-Hauptquartier”
  • German: “UNO-Hauptquartier”
  • Hebrew: “בניין האומות המאוחדות”
  • Hebrew: “מטה האומות המאוחדות”
  • Hindi: “संयुक्त राष्ट्र मुख्यालय”
  • Hungarian: “ENSZ-székház”
  • Icelandic: “Höfuðstöðvar Sameinuðu þjóðanna”
  • Inari Sami: “OA váldusaje”
  • Indonesian: “Markas Besar PBB”
  • Indonesian: “Markas Besar Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa”
  • Italian: “Sede centrale dell’ONU”
  • Italian: “Ufficio delle Nazioni Unite a New York”
  • Japanese: “国際連合本部ビル”
  • Kashmiri: “اقوامہٕ متحدہُک صٔدرِ دفتر”
  • Korean: “유엔 본부”
  • Latvian: “Apvienoto Nāciju ēka”
  • Latvian: “Apvienoto Nāciju Organizācijas ēka”
  • Macedonian: “Седиште на Обединетите нации”
  • Malay: “Ibu pejabat Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “FN-bygningen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “SN-bygningen”
  • Norwegian: “FN-bygningen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sèti de l’ONU”
  • Persian: “مقر سازمان ملل متحد”
  • Piemontese: “Palass ëd Véder dle Nassion Unìe”
  • Polish: “Kwatera główna ONZ”
  • Polish: “Siedziba Główna ONZ”
  • Portuguese: “Sede da ONU”
  • Portuguese: “Sede da Organização das Nações Unidas”
  • Romanian: “Sediul Central al Națiunilor Unite”
  • Russian: “штаб-квартира ООН”
  • Russian: “Штаб-квартира ООН”
  • Scots: “Heidquarters o the Unitit Naitions”
  • Serbian: “Седиште Уједињених нација”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sjedište Ujedinjenih naroda”
  • Sinhala: “එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානයේ මුලස්ථානය”
  • Sinhala: “එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානයේ මූලස්ථානය”
  • Skolt Sami: “Õhttõõvvâm meerkååʹdd väʹlddpäiʹǩǩ”
  • Slovenian: “sedež Združenih narodov”
  • Somali: “Xarunta Sare Qaramada Midoobay”
  • Spanish: “Sede de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas”
  • Swedish: “Förenta nationernas högkvarter”
  • Tamil: “ஐக்கிய நாடுகள் தலைமையகம்”
  • Tatar: “Берләшкән Милләтләр баш-фатиры”
  • Thai: “สำนักงานใหญ่สหประชาชาติ”
  • Turkish: “Birleşmiş Milletler Genel Merkezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Штаб-квартира ООН”
  • Vietnamese: “Trụ sở Liên Hợp Quốc”
  • Welsh: “Pencadlys y Cenhedloedd Unedig”

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Places to explore: Turtle Bay and Beekman.

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