Embassy of the United States, Nairobi
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| Location | United Nations Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya |
| Coordinates | 1°14′02″S 36°48′38″E / 1.233985°S 36.810552°ECoordinates: 1°14′02″S 36°48′38″E / 1.233985°S 36.810552°E |
| Opened | March 2, 1964 |
| Ambassador | Robert F. Godec (since 2013) |
 Location of Embassy of the United States of America to Kenya in Africa
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The Embassy of the United States of America to Kenya (also known as Embassy Nairobi by the State Department), located in Nairobi, is home to the diplomatic mission of the United States to the Republic of Kenya. The embassy opened in central Nairobi in 1964, when the United States established diplomatic relations with Kenya. In 1998, the original embassy was the target of a terrorist attack, after which a new embassy building was constructed in Gigiri, a suburb of Nairobi, in 2003. The US diplomatic mission to Somalia is also based at the Nairobi embassy.
The United States recognized Kenya upon its independence on 12 December 1963. The US formally established diplomatic relations with Kenya on 2 March 1964. The US embassy in Nairobi was established the same day. The original embassy (1°17′20″S 36°49′37″E / 1.289017°S 36.826880°E) was located on the western corner of Moi Avenue and Haile Selassie Avenue in central Nairobi.
On the morning of August 7, 1998, a truck loaded with explosives detonated in a parking lot between the embassy and two commercial, high-rise buildings (both of which contained some offices for US diplomatic staff). The attack killed 213 people and injured approximately 4000. Only 12 of the dead were Americans; most were Kenyans killed when the Ufundi House—a seven-storey office building adjacent to the embassy—collapsed. A simultaneous attack occurred at the US Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The attacks were attributed to al-Qaeda.
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