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Settlement of Pitcairn Island
The settlement of Pitcairn Island was the community founded in 1790 on the remote South Pacific island of Pitcairn by nine HMS Bounty mutineers and Polynesians from Tahiti.
Setúbal
Setúbal: coastal city and district capital in Portugal at the mouth of the River Sado, 40-50 km from Lisbon. Former Roman Cetóbriga, 123,496 residents (2021), port and fish-salting heritage, Arrábida Natural Park and Sado estuary dolphins.
Sevastopol
Sevastopol (Севастополь; Aqyar) is a Black Sea port city in Crimea, founded by Russia in 1783 on the site of ancient Chersonesos, twice besieged (1854–55, 1941–42), a Hero City, and Russia's Black Sea Fleet base since the 2014 annexation.
Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks is an old market town in west Kent, England, about 30 miles from London, known for Knole House and timber-framed buildings from the 15th and 16th centuries.
Seville
Seville (Sevilla; Hispalis; Ishbiliyya), capital of Andalusia on the Guadalquivir, fourth-largest Spanish city (689,423 in 2025), Roman-founded, reconquered 1248, sole Indies trade port 1503–1718, UNESCO monuments, Europe's hottest major city.
Seward, Alaska
Seward, Alaska: home-rule city (incorporated 1912, founded 1903) at the head of Resurrection Bay on the Kenai Peninsula; Alaska's ice-free rail-connected deep-water port, devastated by the 1964 M9.2 earthquake, now a cruise and Coast Guard port.
Seymour, Victoria
Seymour, Victoria: rural town in Mitchell Shire, about 100 km north of Melbourne on the Goulburn River; railway town since 1872, military training centre, 2021 population 6,569, flood-prone, Inland Rail site.
Sfax
Sfax (صفاقس), Tunisia's second-largest city and main southern port, about 270 km from Tunis; famed for its Aghlabid walled medina founded in 849, olive-oil economy, Kerkennah ferry, and pollution and planning challenges.
Shagamu
Shagamu (Sagamu) is a town and LGA in Ogun State, Nigeria, founded in 1872 when thirteen Remo Yoruba townlets federated; it is a kola-nut trade and industrial hub hosting Lafarge and Nestle, seat of the Akarigbo.
Shah Alam
Shah Alam is the capital city of Selangor, Malaysia, in the Klang Valley between Kuala Lumpur and Port Klang. Formerly Sungai Renggam Plantation, it opened in 1963, became state capital in 1978, and gained city status in 2000.
Shāhīn Shahr
Shahin Shahr (شاهینشهر) is Iran's first planned new town, founded 1971, 19 km north of Isfahan; county seat, industrial hub near HESA and the refinery, population about 173,000.
Shāhjānpur
Shahjahanpur (शाहजहांपुर), Uttar Pradesh district and city founded 1647 under Shah Jahan, district created 1813 from Bareilly; known as Shaheedon Ki Nagari for Kakori martyrs Bismil and Ashfaqullah Khan; 4,575 sq km, population 3,002,376 (2011).
Shahkot, Punjab
Shahkot (شاہ کوٹ) is a city and tehsil in Nankana Sahib District, Punjab, Pakistan, between Lahore and Faisalabad; 2023 municipal population 89,638, a wheat and sugarcane producer, distinct from the Indian Shahkot in Jalandhar.
Shahrīār
Shahrīār (شهریار) is a fast-growing city in Tehran Province, Iran, seat of Shahrīār County on Tehran's western fringe; population grew from 40,058 (1996) to 309,607 (2016), with a cold semi-arid climate.
Shahuwadi
Shahuwadi (शाहूवाडी) is a tehsil in Kolhapur district, Maharashtra, India, in the hilly Western Ghats border area; 185,661 people (2011), 144 villages, 106 gram panchayats, assembly seat 277.
Shaker Heights, Ohio
Shaker Heights, Ohio: a planned Cleveland suburb founded by the Van Sweringen brothers on former North Union Shaker land, incorporated 1912, known for voluntary school integration and persistent achievement-gap debates.
Shanghai (上海)
Shanghai (上海), also abbreviated Hu (沪) or Shen (申), is a Chinese municipality at the Yangtze estuary: 6,340.5 km², 16 districts, about 24.85 million residents in 2025, China's largest economic center and a former treaty port.
Shangluo
Shangluo (商洛市, Shangzhou) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Shaanxi, China, in the southern Qinling Mountains bordering Henan and Hubei; named for Mount Shang and the Luo River, it has one district and six counties, about 2.5 million people, and a nature- and wellness-oriented economy.
Shangrao
Shangrao (上饶) is a prefecture-level city in northeast Jiangxi, China, bordering Zhejiang, Fujian, and Anhui; 22,791 km², 6.49 million residents (2020), GDP 393.6 billion yuan (2025), home to UNESCO Mount Sanqingshan and Wuyuan.
Shangyu
Shangyu (上虞区) is a district of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China, south of the Qiantang River, about 1,402 km² with roughly 0.8 million people; an early origin of celadon, home of the Butterfly Lovers heroine, with a 2025 GDP of 146.36 billion yuan.
Shāntipur
Shantipur (শান্তিপুর), also spelled Santipur, is a city and municipality in Ranaghat subdivision, Nadia district, West Bengal, India, on the Hooghly River, famed for Santipuri tant handloom sarees, its 1864 municipality, and Mughal-era and temple landmarks.
Shantou (汕头)
Shantou (汕头, Swatow) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong, China, a treaty port opened in 1860 and one of China's original special economic zones, with 5.58 million residents and a 2025 GDP of 302.4 billion yuan.
Shanty town
Shanty town: self-built, unplanned urban housing on occupied land, a term alongside slum, favela, and informal settlement. 1.16 billion urban residents lived in such settlements in 2024; UN-Habitat defines slum households by five deprivations.
Shanwei
Shanwei (汕尾), a prefecture-level city on Guangdong's southeastern coast founded in 1988 from Haifeng and Lufeng counties; 455 km coastline, 881 islands, 2025 GDP 154.63 billion yuan, birthplace of China's first county-level soviet.
Shaoguan (韶关)
Shaoguan (韶关) is a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong, China, at the confluence of the Zhenjiang, Wujiang, and Beijiang rivers, known for the Danxiashan UNESCO Global Geopark.
Shaoxing
Shaoxing (绍兴), a prefecture-level canal city in Zhejiang, China, ancient Yue capital founded 490 BC, home of yellow rice wine and writer Lu Xun, population 5.44 million (2025).
Shaoyang
Shaoyang (邵阳), historically known as Baoqing (宝庆), is a prefecture-level city in Hunan Province, China, on the upper Zi River with over 2,500 years of urban history.
Sharjah (الشارقة)
Sharjah (الشارقة), the UAE's third-largest emirate, is a cultural capital ruled by Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, with a UNESCO-listed historic port, 2.1 million people, and a diversified industrial economy.
Sharm El Sheikh (شرم الشيخ)
Sharm El Sheikh (شرم الشيخ) is an Egyptian resort city at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula on the Red Sea, known as "The City of Peace."
Shashamane
Shashamane (Shashemene, ሻሸመኔ) is a market city in West Arsi Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia, about 250 km south of Addis Ababa, known for the Rastafari settlement on land granted by Emperor Haile Selassie to the Ethiopian World Federation.