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{{Short description|U.S. State Department division}}
{{Use mdy dates|date = July 2021}}
{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name     = Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
| type            = bureau
| seal            = US Department of State official seal.svg
| seal_width      = 120px
| seal_caption    = Seal of the United States Department of State
| formed          = {{start date and years ago|2006}}<ref name="OIG">{{cite web|title=Inspection of the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs|url=https://oig.state.gov/reports/10268|publisher=[[Inspector General of the Department of State]]|date=February 23, 2018|access-date=February 23, 2018}}</ref>
| preceding1      = Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
| preceding2      = 
| jurisdiction    = [[Executive branch of the United States]]
| headquarters    = [[Harry S. Truman Building]], [[Washington, D.C.]], United States
| employees       = 1,747 (as of FY 2017)<ref name="OIG"/>
| budget          = $820 million (FY 2017)<ref name="OIG"/>
| chief1_name     = [[Donald Lu]]
| chief1_position = [[Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs]]
| chief2_name     = 
| chief2_position = 
| parent_department = [[United States Department of State|U.S. Department of State]]
| website         = [https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-political-affairs/bureau-of-south-and-central-asian-affairs/ Official website]
}}
The '''Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs''' ('''SCA''') is an agency within the [[United States Department of State]] that is responsible for the U.S. government's relations with countries in the South and Central Asian region. The bureau is headed by the [[Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs]], who reports to the [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] through the [[Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs]]. The current Assistant Secretary is [[Donald Lu]], incumbent since September 15, 2021.