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Salavan
Salavan (ສາລະວັນ, Saravane) is a southern Lao province on the Bolaven Plateau, capital Salavan city, 8 districts, a major Arabica coffee producer, Ho Chi Minh Trail wartime history, and UXO contamination.
Salta Province
Salta is a province of northwestern Argentina with its capital at the city of Salta, home to 1,441,351 people in 2022 and bordering Chile, Bolivia, and Paraguay.
Samar (province)
Samar (formerly Western Samar) is a province in Eastern Visayas, Philippines, capital Catbalogan City, created by RA 4221 in 1965; about 6,048 sq km, 793,183 people (2020), two cities, 24 municipalities.
Samara Oblast
Samara Oblast (Самарская область), formerly Kuibyshev, is a federal subject of Russia in the middle Volga region with its center in Samara, known for its automotive and aerospace industries.
San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic: southwestern Caribbean province in Valdesia region, capital city San Cristóbal, birthplace of Trujillo; formerly Province Trujillo (1932), fourth most populous, ~642,000 people.
San Luis Potosí
Estado de San Luis Potosí, a central Mexican state (capital San Luis Potosí city), 2,822,255 inhabitants in 2020, 59 municipalities, 61,138 km²; mining leader in fluorite, silver, and copper with an automotive-centered export economy.
San Luis Province
San Luis Province, Argentina (INDEC code 74), a Cuyo-region province with capital San Luis city; 542,069 people (2022 census), autonomous since 26 February 1820, diversified industrial economy, distinct from San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
Sanaag
Sanaag (Sanag) is a large, mountainous region of northern Somalia, disputed between Somaliland and Puntland; its west is Somaliland-administered, its east Puntland-aligned, with SSC-Khatumo and a 2025 Northeastern State claim.
Şanlıurfa
Şanlıurfa (Urfa) is a province in Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region, population 2,237,745 (2024), 13 districts, home of Göbeklitepe, GAP irrigation agriculture, and Turkey's first IGCAT 2029 Gastronomy City candidate.
Santa Cruz Department
Departamento de Santa Cruz, Bolivia's largest (370,621 km²) and most populous department (3,115,386 in 2024), capital Santa Cruz de la Sierra, founded 1561, created 23 January 1826, economic leader with an autonomy statute approved in 2008.
Santa Cruz Province
Santa Cruz Province (Provincia de Santa Cruz) is Argentina's third-largest, sparsely populated Patagonian province, capital Río Gallegos, provincialized in 1955; its economy rests on oil, gas, and gold-silver mining.
Santiago del Estero Province
Santiago del Estero Province, an autonomous province of northern Argentina in the Gran Chaco; capital Santiago del Estero, Argentina's oldest city (founded 1553 by Francisco de Aguirre); autonomous since 1820; about 998,000 inhabitants (2022).
Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire (department 71, prefecture Mâcon), Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's most populous department with 550,310 inhabitants in 2023; a transport crossroads (A6, TGV, canal du Centre) with above-average industrial and agricultural employment and an aging population.
Saratov Oblast
Saratov Oblast (Саратовская область), a Russian federal subject in the Lower Volga region formed 5 December 1936, capital Saratov; area about 101,200 km², population about 2.4 million, national leader in sunflower harvest, borders Kazakhstan for 550 km.
Sarawak
Sarawak, Malaysia's largest state (124,449.51 sq km) on northwest Borneo, joined Malaysia on 16 September 1963 under MA63 with an 18-point agreement; capital Kuching, population 2,453,677 (2020).
Sardinia et Corsica
Sardinia et Corsica, also Provincia Sardinia et Corsica, the Roman province uniting Sardinia and Corsica, occupied in 238 BC and organized as a province in 227 BC, alternating between senatorial and imperial rule.
Sarthe
Sarthe (INSEE 72) is a department in western France, Pays de la Loire region, prefecture Le Mans; 566,733 inhabitants in 2023 across 352 communes, with 9.8 million tourist overnight stays in 2024 anchored by the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Satsuma Domain (薩摩藩)
Satsuma Domain (薩摩藩, also Kagoshima Domain) was a tozama han ruled by the Shimazu from 1197 to 1871, with 732,616-koku kokudaka, control of Ryukyu, the Shūseikan industries, and leadership of the Meiji Restoration.
Sava Region
Sava (SAVA) region of northeast Madagascar, made up of the Sambava, Antalaha, Vohemar, and Andapa districts. Capital Sambava; about 24,000 km2; the world's leading vanilla-producing area, supplying roughly 80% of global natural vanilla.
Savanes, Ivory Coast
Savanes is an autonomous district of Côte d'Ivoire occupying the country's extreme north, bordering Mali and Burkina Faso, with its capital at Korhogo and about 2.2 million people.
Savanes, Togo
Savanes (Région des Savanes) is Togo's northernmost region, capital Dapaong, area about 8,600 km², population 1,143,520 (2022 census). Poorest region of Togo (65.1% poverty), affected since 2021 by JNIM spillover from Burkina Faso, hosting most of the country's refugees.
Saxe-Coburg
Saxe-Coburg (Sachsen-Coburg), also Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, an Ernestine Wettin duchy centered on Coburg, consolidated in 1826 under Ernst I, ruled in personal union with Gotha until 1918, famed for its marriage policy linking it to European thrones including Britain (Windsor from 1917); its Free State joined Bavaria in 1920.
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany's northernmost federal state between the North Sea and Baltic Sea, capital Kiel; founded 23 August 1946, about 2.95 million people, Danish and Frisian minorities, and a wind-energy economy.
Sebastian County
Sebastian County, Arkansas: county on the state's western border, established January 6, 1851, named for Senator William K. Sebastian. Seats: Fort Smith and Greenwood. Population 127,799 (2020); Fort Smith largest city; former coal-mining center.
Ségou, Mali
Ségou Region (Région de Ségou), Mali's fourth administrative region on the Niger River: 52,100 km², about 2.3-2.5 million people, agriculture-based economy producing 30% of national cereals and 60% of rice, historic Bambara kingdom, Office du Niger irrigation, JNIM attacks since 2025.
Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime (76), formerly Seine-Inférieure until the 1955 renaming, is Normandy's most populous French department: 1,260,964 inhabitants in 2023, 6,278 km², prefecture Rouen, ports of Le Havre and Rouen, first in French flax growing.
Selangor
Selangor (Selangor Darul Ehsan), Malaysia's most populous state on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia; capital Shah Alam, royal town Klang; largest state GDP contributor, 6.3% growth in 2025, nine districts.
Sennar
Sennar (سنّار) is a Sudanese state and historic region on the Blue Nile, home of the Funj sultanate founded 1504, the first Islamic state in Sudan, ended by Egypt in 1821; Sennar Dam (1925) feeds the Gezira irrigation scheme.
Sergipe
Sergipe: smallest Brazilian state by area (21,938 km²), Northeast region, capital Aracaju, about 2.2 million people, lowest GDP in the Northeast, governor Fábio Mitidieri.
Sétif Province
Sétif Province (ولاية سطيف), an Algerian wilaya established 1974 in the eastern Hauts Plateaux, capital Sétif; 6,549 km², 21 dairas, 46 communes, semi-arid cereal and dairy agriculture, Roman Sitifis heritage.