| Appendix F: Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names (S Entries) |
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This appendix cross-references a wide variety of geographic names to the appropriate Factbook ‘country’ entry. Additional information is included in parentheses.

Name | Entry in The World Factbook | Latitude (deg min) | Longitude (deg min)
Saar (region) | Germany | 49 25 N | 7 00 E
Saaremaa (island) | Estonia | 58 25 N | 22 30 E
Saba (island) | Netherlands Antilles | 17 38 N | 63 10 W
Sabah (state) | Malaysia | 5 20 N | 117 10 E
Sable Island | Canada | 43 55 N | 59 50 W
Safety Islands (Iles du Salut) | French Guiana | 5 20 N | 52 37 W
Sahara Occidental (former name for Western Sahara) | Western Sahara | 24 30 N | 13 00 W
Sahel (region) | Burkina Faso, Chad, The Gambia, Guinea- Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal | 15 00 N | 8 00 W
Saigon (city; former name for Ho Chi Minh City) | Vietnam | 10 45 N | 106 40 E
Saint Barthelemy (Saint Bart’s) (island) | Guadeloupe | 17 55 N | 62 52 W
Saint Brandon (Cargados Carajos Shoals) | Mauritius | 16 25 S | 59 38 E
Saint Christopher (island) | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17 20 N | 62 45 W
Saint Christopher and Nevis | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17 20 N | 62 45 W
Saint Eustatius (island) | Netherlands Antilles | 17 30 N | 63 00 W
Saint George's (capital) | Grenada | 12 03 N | 61 45 W
Saint George's Channel | Atlantic Ocean | 52 00 N | 6 00 W
Saint Helens, Mount (volcano) | United States | 46 15 N | 122 12 W
Saint Helier (capital) | Jersey | 49 12 N | 2 37 W
Saint John (city) | Canada (New Brunswick) | 45 16 N | 66 04 W
Saint John's (capital) | Antigua and Barbuda | 17 06 N | 61 51 W
Saint Lawrence Island | United States | 49 30 N | 67 00 W
Saint Lawrence Seaway | Atlantic Ocean | 49 15 N | 67 00 W
Saint Lawrence, Gulf of | Atlantic Ocean | 48 00 N | 62 00 W
Saint Paul Island | Canada | 47 12 N | 60 09 W
Saint Paul Island | United States | 57 11 N | 170 16 W
Saint Paul Island (Ile Saint-Paul) | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 38 43 S | 77 29 E
Saint Peter and Saint Paul Rocks (Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo) | Brazil | 0 23 N | 29 23 W
Saint Peter Port (capital) | Guernsey | 49 27 N | 2 32 W
Saint Petersburg (city; former capital) | Russia | 59 55 N | 30 15 E
Saint Thomas (island) | Virgin Islands | 18 21 N | 64 55 W
Saint Vincent Passage | Atlantic Ocean | 13 30 N | 61 00 W
Saint-Denis (capital) | Reunion | 20 52 S | 55 28 E
Saint-Martin (Sint Maarten) (island) | Guadeloupe | 18 04 N | 63 04 W
Saint-Pierre (capital) | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 46 46 N | 56 11 W
Saipan (island) | Northern Mariana Islands | 15 12 N | 145 45 E
Sak’art’velo (local name for Georgia) | Georgia | 42 00 N | 43 30 E
Sakhalin Island (Ostrov Sakhalin) | Russia | 51 00 N | 143 00 E
Sakishima Islands | Japan | 24 30 N | 124 00 E
Sala y Gomez, Isla (island) | Chile | 26 28 S | 105 00 W
Salisbury (city; former name for Harare) | Zimbabwe | 17 50 S | 105 00 W
Salzburg (city) | Austria | 47 48 N | 13 02 E
Samar (island) | Philippines | 12 00 N | 125 00 E
Samaria (region) | West Bank | 32 15 N | 35 10 E
Samoa Islands | American Samoa, Samoa | 14 00 S | 171 00 W
Samos (island) | Greece | 37 48 N | 26 44 E
San Ambrosio, Isla (island) | Chile | 26 21 S | 79 52 W
San Andres y Providencia, Archipielago (island group) | Colombia | 13 00 N | 81 30 W
San Bernardino Strait | Pacific Ocean | 12 32 N | 124 10 E
San Felix, Isla (island) | Chile | 26 17 S | 80 05 W
San Jose (capital) | Costa Rica | 9 56 N | 84 05 W
San Juan (capital) | Puerto Rico | 18 28 N | 66 07 W
San Marino (capital) | San Marino | 43 56 N | 12 25 E
San Salvador (capital) | El Salvador | 13 42 N | 89 12 W
Sanaa (capital) | Yemen | 15 21 N | 44 12 E
Sandzak (region) | Yugoslavia | 43 05 N | 19 45 E
Santa Cruz (city) | Bolivia | 17 48 S | 63 10 W
Santa Cruz Islands | Solomon Islands | 11 00 S | 166 15 E
Santa Sede (local name for the Holy See) | Holy See | 41 54 N | 12 27 E
Santiago (capital) | Chile | 33 27 S | 70 40 W
Santo Antao (island) | Cape Verde | 17 05 N | 25 10 W
Santo Domingo (capital) | Dominican Republic | 18 28 N | 69 54 W
Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo, Penedos de (rocks) | Brazil | 0 23 N | 29 23 W
Sao Tiago (island) | Cape Verde | 15 05 N | 23 40 W
Sao Tome (island) | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 12 N | 6 39 E
Sapudi Strait | Pacific Ocean | 7 05 S | 114 10 E
Sarajevo (capital) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43 52 N | 18 25 E
Sarawak (state) | Malaysia | 2 30 N | 113 30 E
Sardinia (island) | Italy | 40 00 N | 9 00 E
Sargasso Sea (region) | Atlantic Ocean | 30 00 N | 55 00 W
Sark (island) | Guernsey | 49 26 N | 2 21 W
Savage Island (former name for Niue) | Niue | 19 02 S | 169 52 W
Savu Sea | Pacific Ocean | 9 30 S | 122 00 E
Saxony (region) | Germany | 51 00 N | 13 00 E
Schleswig-Holstein (region) | Germany | 54 31 N | 9 33 E
Schweiz (local German name for Switzerland) | Switzerland | 47 00 N | 8 00 E
Scopus, Mount | Israel, West Bank | 31 48 N | 35 14 E
Scotia Sea | Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean | 56 00 S | 40 00 W
Scotland (region) | United Kingdom | 57 00 N | 4 00 W
Scott Island | Antarctica | 67 24 S | 179 55 W
Senegambia (region; former name of confederation of Senegal and The Gambia) | The Gambia, Senegal | 13 50 N | 15 25 W
Senyavin Islands | Federated States of Micronesia | 6 55 N | 158 00 E
Seoul (capital) | South Korea | 37 34 N | 127 00 E
Serbia and Montenegro | Yugoslavia | 43 00 N | 21 00 E
Serendib (former name for Sri Lanka) | Sri Lanka | 7 00 N | 81 00 E
Serrana Bank (shoal) | Colombia | 14 25 N | 80 16 W
Serranilla Bank (shoal) | Colombia | 15 51 N | 79 46 W
Settlement, The (capital) | Christmas Island | 18 44 N | 64 19 W
Severnaya Zemlya (Northland) (island group) | Russia | 79 30 N | 98 00 E
Shaba (region) | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8 00 S | 27 00 E
Shag Island | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 53 00 S | 72 30 E
Shag Rocks | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 53 33 S | 42 02 W
Shetland Islands | United Kingdom | 60 30 N | 1 30 W
Shikoku (island) | Japan | 33 45 N | 133 30 E
Shikotan (island) | Russia (de facto) | 43 47 N | 146 45 E
Shqiperia (local name for Albania) | Albania | 41 00 N | 20 00 E
Siam (former name for Thailand) | Thailand | 15 00 N | 100 00 E
Siberia (region) | Russia | 60 00 N | 100 00 E
Sibutu Passage | Pacific Ocean | 4 50 N | 119 35 E
Sicily (island) | Italy | 37 30 N | 14 00 E
Sicily, Strait of | Atlantic Ocean | 37 20 N | 11 20 E
Sidra, Gulf of | Atlantic Ocean | 31 30 N | 18 00 E
Sikkim (state) | India | 27 50 N | 88 30 E
Silesia (region) | Czech Republic, Germany, Poland | 51 00 N | 17 00 E
Sinai Peninsula | Egypt | 29 30 N | 34 00 E
Singapore (capital) | Singapore | 1 17 N | 103 51 E
Singapore Strait | Pacific Ocean | 1 15 N | 104 00 E
Sinkiang (Xinjiang) (city) | China | 42 00 N | 86 00 E
Sint Eustatius (island) | Netherlands Antilles | 17 29 N | 62 58 W
Sint Maarten (Saint-Martin) (island) | Netherlands Antilles | 18 04 N | 63 04 W
Sjaelland (island) | Denmark | 55 30 N | 12 00 E
Skagerrak (strait) | Atlantic Ocean | 57 45 N | 9 00 E
Skopje (capital) | The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 41 59 N | 21 26 E
Slavonia (region) | Croatia | 45 27 N | 18 00 E
Slovenija (local name for Slovenia) | Slovenia | 46 00 N | 15 00 E
Slovensko (local name for Slovakia) | Slovakia | 48 40 N | 19 30 E
Smyrna (region; former name for Izmir) | Turkey | 38 25 N | 27 10 E
Society Islands (Iles de la Societe) | French Polynesia | 17 00 S | 150 00 W
Socotra (island) | Yemen | 12 30 N | 54 00 E
Sofia (capital) | Bulgaria | 42 41 N | 23 19 E
Solomon Islands, northern | Papua New Guinea | 6 00 S | 155 00 E
Solomon Islands, southern | Solomon Islands | 8 00 S | 159 00 E
Solomon Sea | Pacific Ocean | 8 00 S | 153 00 E
Somaliland (region) | Somalia | 9 30 N | 46 00 E
Somers Islands (former name for Bermuda) | Bermuda | 32 20 N | 64 45 W
Songkhla (city) | Thailand | 7 12 N | 100 36 E
Sound, The (Oresund) (strait) | Atlantic Ocean | 55 50 N | 12 40 E
South Atlantic Ocean | Atlantic Ocean | 30 00 S | 15 00 W
South China Sea | Pacific Ocean | 10 00 N | 113 00 E
South Georgia (island) | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 54 15 S | 36 45 W
South Island | New Zealand | 43 00 S | 171 00 E
South Korea | South Korea | 37 00 N | 127 30 E
South Orkney Islands | Antarctica | 61 00 S | 45 00 W
South Ossetia (region) | Georgia | 42 20 N | 44 00 E
South Pacific Ocean | Pacific Ocean | 30 00 S | 130 00 W
South Sandwich Islands | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 57 45 S | 26 30 W
South Shetland Islands | Antarctica | 62 00 S | 59 00 W
South Tyrol (region) | Italy | 46 30 N | 10 30 E
South Vietnam (former name for the southern portion of Vietnam) | Vietnam | 12 00 N | 108 00 E
South Yemen (People's Democratic Republic of Yemen) | Yemen | 14 00 N | 48 00 E
Southern Grenadines (island group) | Grenada | 12 20 N | 61 30 W
Southern Rhodesia (former name for Zimbabwe) | Zimbabwe | 20 00 S | 30 00 E
South-West Africa (former name for Namibia) | Namibia | 22 00 S | 17 00 E
Soviet Union (former name of a large Eurasian empire, roughly coequal with the former Russian Empire) | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan |  |
Spanish Guinea (former name for Equatorial Guinea) | Equatorial Guinea | 2 00 N | 10 00 E
Spanish Morocco (former name for northern Morocco) | Morocco | 32 00 N | 7 00 W
Spanish North Africa (exclaves) | Spain (Ceuta, Islas Chafarinas, Melilla, Penon de Alhucemas, Penon de Velez de la Gomera) | 35 15 N | 4 00 W
Spanish Sahara (former name) | Western Sahara | 24 30 N | 13 00 W
Spanish West Africa (former name for Ifni and Spanish Sahara) | Morocco, Western Sahara | 25 00 N | 13 00 W
Spice Islands (Moluccas) | Indonesia | 2 00 S | 28 00 E
Spitsbergen (island) | Svalbard | 78 00 N | 20 00 E
Srbija-Crna Gora (local name for Serbia and Montenegro) | Yugoslavia | 44 00 N | 21 00 E
St. John’s (city) | Canada (Newfoundland) | 47 34 N | 52 43 W
Stanley (capital) | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 51 42 S | 57 41 W
Stockholm (capital) | Sweden | 59 20 N | 18 03 E
Stuttgart (city) | Germany | 48 46 N | 9 11 E
Sucre (city) | Bolivia | 19 02 S | 65 17 W
Suez Canal | Egypt | 29 55 N | 32 33 E
Suez, Gulf of | Indian Ocean | 28 10 N | 33 27 E
Suisse (local French name for Switzerland) | Switzerland | 47 00 N | 8 00 E
Sulawesi (Celebes) (island) | Indonesia | 2 00 S | 121 00 E
Sulawesi Sea | Pacific Ocean | 3 00 N | 122 00 E
Sulu Archipelago (island group) | Philippines | 6 00 N | 121 00 E
Sulu Sea | Pacific Ocean | 8 00 N | 120 00 E
Sumatra (island) | Indonesia | 0 00 N | 102 00 E
Sumba (island) | Indonesia | 10 00 S | 120 00 E
Sumba Strait | Pacific Ocean | 9 10 S | 120 00 E
Sumbawa (island) | Indonesia | 8 30 S | 118 00 E
Sunda Islands (Soenda Isles) | Indonesia, Malaysia | 2 00 S | 110 00 E
Sunda Strait | Indian Ocean | 6 00 S | 105 45 E
Suomi (local name for Finland) | Finland | 64 00 N | 26 00 E
Surigao Strait | Pacific Ocean | 10 15 N | 125 23 E
Surinam (former name for Suriname) | Suriname | 4 00 N | 56 00 W
Suriyah (local name for Syria) | Syria | 35 00 N | 38 00 E
Surtsey (volcanic island) | Iceland | 63 17 N | 20 40 W
Suva (capital) | Fiji | 18 08 S | 178 25 E
Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg) (city) | Russia | 56 50 N | 60 39 E
Sverige (local name for Sweden) | Sweden | 62 00 N | 15 00 E
Svizzera (local Italian name for Switzerland) | Switzerland | 47 00 N | 8 00 E
Swains Island | American Samoa | 11 03 S | 171 15 W
Swan Islands | Honduras | 17 25 S | 83 56 W
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