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Socialist Republic of Slovenia
Socialist Republic of Slovenia (Socialistična republika Slovenija), a constituent republic of socialist Yugoslavia 1945–1990/91; one-party communist rule, 1948 Cominform split, workers' self-management, renamed Republic of Slovenia in 1990 before the 1990 independence plebiscite and 1991 secession.
Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia
The Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia, known as Litbel, was a short-lived Soviet republic created in February 1919 by merging the Lithuanian and Belorussian SSRs.
Södermanland County
Södermanland County (Södermanlands län), Swedish county, code 04, seat Nyköping, nine municipalities including Eskilstuna; about 300,440 inhabitants on 6,097 km², density 49 per km², established 1634.
Sofala Province
Sofala Province, central Mozambique, capital Beira; 68,018 km², ~2.8 million people, 13 districts. Historic gold port of Sofala; most cyclone-prone province, hit by Idai 2019.
Sofia Region
Sofia Region: name of two first-level regions, the Sofia oblast of Bulgaria (capital district plus surrounding province, split in 1999) and Madagascar's Sofia Region (Région Sofia), a northwestern agro-pastoral region with capital Antsohihy.
Sofia-Grad
Sofia-Grad (Област София-град), officially Sofia (stolitsa), BG411, is a Bulgarian province coterminous with Stolichna municipality and the capital Sofia; 1,303,813 people on 1,343 sq km, the country's economic leader.
Somme
Somme (department 80), northern France, Hauts-de-France; prefecture Amiens; 565,413 inhabitants (2023), 6,172 km², borders five departments, Baie de Somme nature reserve, agriculture-led economy.
Somogy megye
Somogy megye (Somogy County), a Hungarian county in Southern Transdanubia with seat Kaposvár, bordering Lake Balaton and Croatia; Hungary's most sparsely populated county, 246 settlements, agriculture-dominated economy, fifth largest by area.
Songwe
Songwe: a river forming ~200 km of the Tanzania–Malawi border, a Tanzanian region created from Mbeya in 2016 (pop. 1,344,687 in 2022), a district, and the SONGWECOM joint river basin commission.
Sonora
Sonora, Mexico's second largest state (9.1% of national territory), capital Hermosillo, borders Arizona. Mining (copper, lithium, gold), export manufacturing, Yaqui and Mayo valley agriculture, and 38.2% of national fisheries output.
Souk Ahras Province
Souk Ahras Province (ولاية سوق أهراس) is an Algerian wilaya on the Tunisian border, capital Souk Ahras, created 1984 with 10 daïras and 26 communes; ancient Thagaste, birthplace of Saint Augustine, mountainous Tellian terrain of 4,360 km².
Souss-Massa
Souss-Massa (سوس ماسة) is a Moroccan administrative region of 3,020,431 people (2024) centered on Agadir, whose economy rests on agriculture, fishing, agri-food industry, and tourism, together 22% of national GDP.
South Australia
South Australia is a state in the southern, central part of mainland Australia, established in 1836 as a province for free settlers, with its capital at Adelaide.
South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region
South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region (RACCS), formerly RAAS, one of Nicaragua's two Caribbean coast autonomous regions created by Law 28 in 1987, seat Bluefields, 11 municipalities, 45-member Regional Council, communal land regime under Law 445.
South Gondar Zone
South Gondar (Debub Gondar) Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia: administrative zone east of Lake Tana named for Gondar; area ~14,095 km2, Mount Guna 4,231 m, 2007 census 2,051,738, teff-wheat-maize agriculture.
South Hamgyong
South Hamgyong (함경남도) is a province of North Korea on the east coast, capital Hamhung, the country's second-largest city; one of nine provinces, with Tanchon its other major city.
South Holland
South Holland (Zuid-Holland) is the Netherlands' densest province, capital The Hague, largest city Rotterdam. Split from Holland in 1840; Rotterdam-The Hague region generates €107.5 billion, about 14% of Dutch GDP.
South Kivu
South Kivu (Sud-Kivu), eastern DRC province on Lakes Kivu and Tanganyika; capital Bukavu (occupied by AFC/M23), government seated in Uvira; 8 territories, gold and coltan mining, chronic conflict and displacement.
South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire: Scottish council area created in 1996, headquarters Hamilton; population 334,330 (2025), 5th of 32 council areas, growing 10.6% since 2001, net expenditure budget £1,019.145 million.
South Moravian Region
South Moravian Region (Jihomoravský kraj, NUTS CZ064), a Czech region with capital Brno, borders Austria and Slovakia. Fourth largest region; 673 municipalities; second-highest GDP per capita after Prague; nearly 90% of Czech vineyards.
South Ostrobothnia
South Ostrobothnia (Etelä-Pohjanmaa, Södra Österbotten), region 14 of western Finland, 18 municipalities, capital Seinäjoki, ~190,000 inhabitants; Finland's most rural region producing 14% of national food.
South Papua
South Papua (Papua Selatan) is an Indonesian province created by Law 14/2022 from Papua's southern regencies Merauke, Boven Digoel, Mappi, and Asmat, capital Merauke, special autonomy status, Anim Ha customary region bordering Papua New Guinea.
South Pyongan
South Pyongan Province (평안남도), a province of North Korea formed in 1896 from southern Pyongan; capital Pyongsong, area 12,350 sq km, about 17 percent of the national population.
Southeast Sulawesi
Southeast Sulawesi (Sulawesi Tenggara, Sultra) is an Indonesian province on Sulawesi's southeastern peninsula, capital Kendari, established 1964. About 2.79 million people (2024); nickel mining, fisheries, and Wakatobi coral reefs dominate its economy.
Southern Darfur
South Darfur (Southern Darfur) is a state of southwestern Sudan with capital Nyala, 81,000 km², 21 localities, heavy displacement and famine risk since the 2023 civil war.
Southern District, Israel
Southern District (מחוז הדרום), Israel's largest district, stretches from Ashdod to Eilat with its center at Be'er Sheva; 14,185 km², about 1.4 million residents, Ashkelon and Be'er Sheva sub-districts, lowest density.
Southern Highlands Province
Southern Highlands Province is a Papua New Guinea province with capital Mendi, 510,245 people (2011 census) over 15,089 sq km after Hela Province split away on 17 May 2012, with five districts and Angal Heneng majority.
Southern Kordofan
Southern Kordofan (South Kordofan State, Janūb Kurdufān) is a Sudanese state with capital Kadugli, covering the Nuba Mountains on the South Sudan border; agrarian economy, one-third of Sudan's livestock, oil and gold, and conflict and famine since 2011 and 2023.
Southern Province, Rwanda
Southern Province (Intara y'Amajyepfo), one of Rwanda's four provinces, formed from Gitarama, Butare, and Gikongoro prefectures; capital Nyanza; 8 districts, 5,701 km2, about 3.0 million people, Governor Alice Kayitesi.
Southern Province, Sierra Leone
Southern Province is a Sierra Leone administrative division comprising the districts of Bo, Bonthe, Moyamba, and Pujehun, with Bo serving as its center.