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Sogamoso

Sogamoso, historically Suamox or Sugamuxi, is a city in Boyacá, Colombia, and the former religious capital of the Muisca, home to the Temple of the Sun.

Söğüt (Θηβάσιον)

Söğüt (Thebasion, Θηβάσιον) is a Bilecik Province district in Türkiye, traditionally the winter quarters granted to Ertuğrul Gazi and the founding seat of the Ottoman state, home to the Ertuğrul Gazi Tomb and September commemorations.

Sohag

Sohag (سوهاج, Suhaj): city on the west bank of the Nile in Upper Egypt, capital of Sohag Governorate since 1960, 467 km south of Cairo. Known for the White and Red Monasteries, Sohag University, and New Sohag City; Egypt's poorest governorate.

Sōka

Sōka (草加市, Sōka-shi) is a city in southeastern Saitama Prefecture, Japan, bordering Tokyo's Adachi Ward. Incorporated 1958 with 34,878 people; now over 250,000 residents, known for Edo-period Nikkō Kaidō post-town history and Sōka senbei rice crackers.

Sokoto (city)

Sokoto, capital of Sokoto State in northwestern Nigeria on the Sokoto River, founded 1809 as capital of the Sokoto Caliphate of Usman dan Fodio, seat of the Sultan, fell to Britain in 1903, state capital since 1976.

Solapur (सोलापूर)

Solapur (सोलापूर), historically called Sonnalige, is a city in southeastern Maharashtra, India, and its district headquarters, known for its textile industry, the Solapuri chadar bedsheet, and beedi production.

Soledad de Graciano Sánchez

Soledad de Graciano Sánchez is a municipality in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí, on the eastern side of the San Luis Potosí metropolitan area, with a 2020 population of 332,072.

Solihull

Solihull is a West Midlands town and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, England. Founded as a late 12th-century planted borough near the Domesday manors of Ulverlei and Longdon, it became a Birmingham commuter town; borough population 216,200 (2021).

Solingen

Solingen, the Klingenstadt (City of Blades), is a kreisfreie city in North Rhine-Westphalia near Wuppertal and Remscheid, with about 164,600 residents, town rights from 1374, and Germany's historic center of cutlery and blade manufacturing.

Sollentuna

Sollentuna, a municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden, north of Stockholm city, seat Tureberg. 78,033 inhabitants at the turn of 2025/2026; railway since 1866; ranked 14th of 290 in Fokus 2026 quality-of-life survey.

Solvang, California

Solvang, California: a Santa Ynez Valley city in Santa Barbara County founded in 1911 by Danish immigrants, known for Danish-style architecture and about 1 million annual visitors; incorporated 1985, population about 6,000.

Solwezi

Solwezi: mining town and provincial capital of North-Western Province, Zambia, about 590 km from Lusaka; home of the Kansanshi copper mine, Africa's biggest by output, and the T5 highway.

Sombor (Сомбор)

Sombor (Сомбор, Hungarian Zombor) is a city in northwestern Bačka, Vojvodina, Serbia, near the Hungarian border; a free royal city since 1749, former Bač-Bodrog county seat, agricultural center with about 100,000 municipality residents.

Somerset West

Somerset West (Afrikaans: Somerset-Wes), Western Cape town about 45 km east of Cape Town in the Helderberg basin; municipality from 1903, part of City of Cape Town since 2000, known for Vergelegen wine estate and the N2.

Somerville, Massachusetts

Somerville, Massachusetts is a densely populated city of about 84,000 in Middlesex County, just north of Boston. Settled 1630, incorporated 1872, formerly a meatpacking and brickmaking center, now known for its squares, diversity, and arts scene.

Sơn Tây

Sơn Tây (Sơn Tây), a historic town on the Red River's south bank in northwestern Hanoi, Vietnam; name dates to 1469, town established 1924. Known for the 1822 laterite Sơn Tây Ancient Citadel, a national relic.

Sonamarg

Sonamarg (Sonmarg), the "Meadow of Gold," is a 2,800 m hill station in Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir, 80 km from Srinagar, known for Thajiwas Glacier, the Sindh River, Baltal Amarnath base camp, and year-round access since the January 2025 Sonamarg tunnel.

Songea

Songea: capital of Ruvuma Region, southwestern Tanzania, on the A19 road; founded 1897 as a German military station, named after Nduna Songea Mbano; 286,285 residents (2022), 21 wards, Maji Maji memorial site.

Songkhla (สงขลา)

Songkhla (สงขลา), also historically Singora, is a southern Thai province and coastal capital between Songkhla Lake and the Gulf of Thailand, home to the 17th-century Sultanate of Singora, a multicultural old town, and the commercial hub Hat Yai.

Sonīpat

Sonīpat (सोनीपत, also Sonepat): city and district headquarters in Haryana, India, about 20 km north of Delhi in the National Capital Region; Sanskrit suvarna prastha, "gold place"; district formed from Rohtak on 22 December 1972; Municipal Corporation since 2015.

Sonoma, California

Sonoma, California: small Sonoma County city (pop. about 10,500) around Mission San Francisco Solano, founded 1823, and site of the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt and the short-lived California Republic.

Sooke

Sooke is a district municipality on southwest Vancouver Island, British Columbia, about 40 km west of Victoria in the Capital Regional District. Named for the T'Sou-ke people, incorporated in 1999, population over 17,000 (2026 estimate), a former logging and fishing town now largely a Highway 14 commuter community.

Sorel-Tracy

Sorel-Tracy, Quebec city at the Saint Lawrence–Richelieu confluence, formed by the 2000 merger of Sorel and Tracy; one of Canada's oldest towns, with shipbuilding and metallurgy heritage, 35,165 people (2021), and the 103-island Lake Saint-Pierre archipelago.

Sorrento

Sorrento (Latin Surrentum), a town of about 16,500 on the Sorrentine Peninsula in the province of Naples, Italy, perched 50 m above the sea; a tourism center, ancient duchy, birthplace of Torquato Tasso, and home of the Limone di Sorrento IGP lemon and limoncello.

Sorsogon City

Sorsogon City: component city and capital of Sorsogon province, Philippines, created 2000 by merging Bacon and Sorsogon municipalities under RA 8806; 64 barangays, 187,670 residents (2024), gateway to Visayas and Mindanao.

Sortavala (Сортавала)

Sortavala (Сортавала), called Serdobol before the 19th century, is a town of about 19,000 on Lake Ladoga in Karelia, Russia, near the Finnish border, known for its preserved Finnish architecture.

Sørum

Sørum, former municipality in Akershus, Norway, on the Glomma at Romerike; center Sørumsand, 18,263 inhabitants (2019). Merged with Fet and Skedsmo into Lillestrøm kommune on 1 January 2020.

Sosnowiec

Sosnowiec, a city with county rights in Poland's Silesian Voivodeship, unofficial capital of the Dąbrowa Basin; chartered 10 June 1902, coal-mining and railway boomtown, now about 183,000 residents.

South Bend, Indiana

South Bend, Indiana: city on the St. Joseph River, county seat of St. Joseph County, home of Notre Dame and the Studebaker Corporation (wagons from 1852, autos 1902–1963); population about 103,000.

South Fulton, Georgia

South Fulton, Georgia, also called the City of South Fulton, is a city incorporated in 2017 from unincorporated southwestern Fulton County near Atlanta, with 107,436 residents in 2020, a mayor-council-manager government, and a 90.6 percent Black population.