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Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Southern Province (දකුණු පළාත) is a Sri Lankan province on the island's south coast, capital Galle, with districts Galle, Matara, and Hambantota; 5,544 km², about 2.6 million people (2024), known for beaches, Galle Fort, cinnamon, and tea.
Southern Province, Zambia
Southern Province, Zambia: one of Zambia's ten provinces, third largest at 85,283 km2, capital Choma, 15 districts, 2,388,091 people (2022 census). Home to Mosi-oa-Tunya (Victoria Falls), Livingstone, Lake Kariba, maize and cattle farming, and Zambia's only coal production.
Southwest Finland
Southwest Finland (Varsinais-Suomi, Egentliga Finland) is a Finnish region on the Baltic Sea with 27 municipalities, about 480,000 residents, and Turku as its center; NUTS code FI1C1, Finland's third-largest region.
Southwest Papua
Southwest Papua (Papua Barat Daya), Indonesia's 38th province, created by Law No. 29 of 2022 from West Papua; capital Sorong; six regencies/city; Raja Ampat UNESCO Geopark; population about 637,000 (2025).
Sovereign State of Panama
The Sovereign State of Panama (Estado Soberano de Panamá) was a federal state in Colombia, created in 1855 through Justo Arosemena's project and ended in 1886.
Special administrative regions of China
Special administrative regions of China: Hong Kong (1997) and Macau (1999), highly autonomous territories under "one country, two systems," each with its own Basic Law, currency, customs territory, and common-law or Portuguese-derived legal system.
Special Region of Yogyakarta
The Special Region of Yogyakarta (Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, DIY) is a special-status province of Indonesia, formed when the Yogyakarta Sultanate and Paku Alaman principality joined the republic in 1945.
Split-Dalmatia County
Split-Dalmatia County (Splitsko-dalmatinska županija), Croatia's largest county by area at 14,106.40 km2, on the central Adriatic with center Split; 423,407 people (2021), islands Brač, Hvar, Vis, Diocletian's Palace.
Stanisławów Voivodeship
Stanisławów Voivodeship (Ukrainian: Станіславівське воєводство) was an administrative unit of the Second Polish Republic from 1920 to 1939, covering southeastern borderlands with its capital at Stanisławów, today Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine.
State of Alwar
Alwar State, a Naruka Rajput princely state in Rajputana founded by Pratap Singh (1740–1791), joined the Matsya Union in March 1948 and merged into Rajasthan on 15 May 1949.
State of Mexico
State of Mexico (Estado de México, Edomex): Mexican federal entity erected 2 March 1824 with capital at Toluca; originally covered Hidalgo, Morelos, Guerrero, and Mexico City before 19th-century dismemberment; now the federation's most populous state.
State of Pasundan
The State of Pasundan (Negara Pasundan) was a federal state in West Java, established by the Dutch in 1948 during the Indonesian National Revolution and dissolved in 1950 into the Republic of Indonesia.
State of Singapore (Malaysia)
State of Singapore (Malaysia): Singapore's status as a Malaysian state from 16 September 1963 to 9 August 1965, under the 1963 State Constitution, with reserved federal powers, 15 of 127 federal seats, ending in the 7 August 1965 separation agreement.
States and union territories of India
States and union territories of India: the country's 28 states and 8 union territories, their constitutional basis under Articles 239-241, the 1956 linguistic reorganization, and the 2019 Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh reorganization.
States of Nigeria
States of Nigeria: the 36 federated states plus the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and 774 LGAs governing about 220 million people. Created in waves from 12 states in 1967 to 36 in 1996; states rely heavily on federal allocations.
Stavropol Krai (Ставропольский край)
Stavropol Kray (Ставропольский край), a Russian federal subject in the North Caucasian Federal District, geographic center of southern Russia; 66,200 km², 2.7 million people, a leading grain producer (8–10% of Russian grain) with the Caucasian Mineral Waters resorts.
Steppe Governorate-General
The Steppe Governorate-General (Степное генерал-губернаторство), informally the Steppe Region, was a Russian Empire administrative unit governing what is now northern and eastern Kazakhstan from its center in Omsk from 1882 to 1917.
Stockholm County
Stockholm County (Stockholms län), Sweden's most populous county with 2,486,251 residents in 2025 across 26 municipalities; governed by Region Stockholm (healthcare, transport, planning) and a County Administrative Board; 31% of national GDP.
Styria
Styria (Steiermark) is Austria's south-eastern federal province, second largest by area, capital Graz. Industrial economy (30% industry share), highest Austrian R&D quota (5.14%), 62% forest, OECD top region for safety.
Subcarpathian Rus'
Subcarpathian Rus' (Podkarpatská Rus) was a province of the First Czechoslovak Republic from 1919 to 1938, today's Zakarpattia in western Ukraine; renamed Carpathian Ukraine, it declared independence on 15 March 1939 before Hungarian occupation.
Sud-Est
Sud-Est (Sidès) is a department of Haiti created in 1971, capital Jacmel, population 749,803 on 2,034.10 km²; mountainous, rural, famed for Jacmel's carnival, crafts, and UNESCO Creative City status.
Sudurpashchim Pradesh
Sudurpashchim Pradesh (सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेश, "Far-West Province") is one of the seven provinces of Nepal, established by the 2015 constitution and initially known as Province No. 7.
Suez Governorate
Suez Governorate (محافظة السويس) is an urban governorate of Egypt at the southern entrance of the Suez Canal, with the port city of Suez as its capital.
Sulawesi Tengah
Sulawesi Tengah (Central Sulawesi) is an Indonesian province on central Sulawesi Island, capital Palu, area 61,841.29 km2, 13 regencies plus 1 city, about 3.19 million people, defined by the Palu-Koro Fault and the 2018 Mw 7.5 earthquake, tsunami, and liquefaction.
Sulawesi Utara
Sulawesi Utara (North Sulawesi) is an Indonesian province at the northern tip of Sulawesi, capital Manado; 2.68 million people (2025 census), 11 regencies and 4 cities, established 23 September 1964, lowest poverty rate in Sulawesi.
Sulaymaniyah Governorate
Sulaymaniyah Governorate (Parêzgay Silêmanî, السليمانية) is a Kurdistan Region governorate in eastern Iraq, capital Sulaymaniyah city; 21,071 km², PUK-governed, industrial and agricultural, with Halabja split off in 2014.
Sulu
Province of Sulu (Luwa' Sug), Philippine island province in the Sulu Archipelago, capital Jolo, 19 municipalities, 2024 population 1,146,097; historic seat of the Sultanate of Sulu; excluded from BARMM by 2024 Supreme Court ruling and transferred to Region IX by EO 91 in 2025.
Sumatera Selatan
Sumatera Selatan (South Sumatra) is a province of Indonesia occupying southern Sumatra island, with Palembang on the Musi River as its capital; it was the center of the Srivijaya kingdom.
Sumska Oblast
Sumska Oblast (Сумська область, Sumy Oblast), Ukrainian province centered on Sumy, created 10 January 1939 from Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Poltava raions; borders Russia; population 1,034,364 (2022).
Surxondaryo Region
Surxondaryo Region (Surxondaryo viloyati), also called Surkhandarya, is Uzbekistan's southernmost region, centered on Termiz, bordering Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan, with about 3.02 million people and a 2024 GRP of 54,354.1 billion UZS.