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Stuttgart

Stuttgart, capital of Baden-Württemberg since 1952, is a German city of about 605,000 in the Neckar basin, a mobility-industry and financial center, home of Stuttgart 21 and Rosenstein, with a Climate Mobility Plan targeting 40% CO2 cuts by 2030.

Stykkishólmur

Stykkishólmur, a town of about 1,200-1,300 people on the northern Snæfellsnes peninsula in West Iceland on Breiðafjörður bay; a 16th-century trading post, home of Iceland's oldest weather station, the Baldur ferry to the West Fjords, and Roni Horn's Library of Water.

Subotica (Суботица)

Subotica (Суботица, Szabadka) is a city in far northern Serbia on the Hungarian border, in Vojvodina, first mentioned in 1391 and famous for over 100 Art Nouveau buildings, including the 1908–1910 City Hall and 1902 Synagogue by Komor and Jakab.

Sucre

Sucre, Bolivia's constitutional capital and capital of Chuquisaca department, founded 1538 as La Plata, renamed 1839 for Antonio José de Sucre; UNESCO World Heritage historic city since 1991.

Süderbrarup

Süderbrarup (Danish: Sønder Brarup), municipality in Angeln, Schleswig-Holstein, seat of the Amt Süderbrarup. Home of the Thorsberger Moor Iron Age war-booty sacrifice, a 1,200-urn marketplace urnfield, the Kummerhy mound, and the Brarup-Markt funfair.

Suez (السويس)

Suez (السويس) is Egypt's Red Sea port city at the southern entrance of the Suez Canal, an urban governorate and oil-industrial hub with Shell operations since 1919, SUMED Port 55 km south, and New Suez City under development.

Suffolk, Virginia

Suffolk, Virginia: independent city in Hampton Roads, largest Virginia city by land area (430 sq mi) after the 1974 merger with Nansemond County; population 104,699 (2025 est.), historic peanut and Planters company center.

Sugar Land, Texas

Sugar Land, Texas: Fort Bend County city about 20 miles southwest of Houston, founded as a sugar plantation, incorporated 1959, population 111,026 (2020), former Imperial Sugar company town.

Suihua

Suihua (绥化) is a prefecture-level city in central Heilongjiang, China, on the Songnen Plain's Hulan River basin; established 1885, prefecture-level city 1999; 3.394 million residents (2025), grain-producing economy, GDP 124.4 billion yuan (2024).

Suining

Suining (遂宁) is a prefecture-level city in central Sichuan on the Fu River, in the Chengdu–Chongqing economic circle; 5,325 km², 3.654 million people, known for the China Dead Sea, Guanyin culture, and lithium-battery industry.

Suita

Suita (吹田市, Suita-shi) is a city of about 387,000 people in northern Osaka Prefecture, bordering Osaka City. It hosts Expo '70 Commemorative Park, the Tower of the Sun, Senri New Town, and Panasonic Stadium Suita.

Suizhou

Suizhou (随州) is a prefecture-level city in northern Hubei, China, birthplace of the legendary Yandi (Shennong) and home of the Zeng Hou Yi bronze chime-bells, also known as China's special vehicle capital.

Sūjāngarh

Sujangarh (सुजानगढ़), a city, tehsil, and SC-reserved assembly seat in Churu district, Rajasthan, in Shekhawati; 101,523 people (2011), Municipal Council of 60 wards, declared a new district in October 2023.

Sukabumi

Sukabumi (Soekaboemi) is a city in West Java, Indonesia, at the foot of Gunung Gede and Pangrango; founded as a Dutch Gemeente on 1 April 1914, 48.33 km², 7 districts, 33 kelurahan.

Sukhumi

Sukhumi (Georgian: სოხუმი, Abkhaz: Аҟәа) is a Black Sea city, capital of Georgia's Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia and de facto capital of breakaway Abkhazia since 1993; ancient Dioscurias, area 23.3 km².

Sukkur

Sukkur (سکھر) is a city in northern Sindh, Pakistan, on the Indus River opposite Rohri. Known for Sukkur Barrage (1932), Lansdowne Bridge (1889), and the buried Indus Civilization site Lakhanjo-Daro; district population 1,625,467 (2023 census).

Sulaymaniyah

Sulaymaniyah (Slemani, السليمانية), second-largest city of Iraq's Kurdistan Region after Erbil; founded 1784 by Ibrahim Pasha Baban, a Kurdish cultural center of about 1.5 million people with a semi-arid climate and growing water stress.

Sultan Pur Majra

Sultan Pur Majra is a census town (code 063948) in North West Delhi, India, population 181,554 in 2011, about 45 percent Scheduled Caste, and the namesake of Delhi assembly constituency No. 10 (SC).

Sulz

Sulz (Sulz am Neckar), Baden-Württemberg: Roman cohort fort built about 74 AD under Vespasian, garrisoned by about 500 auxiliaries, abandoned around 90 AD; its vicus, painted Römerkeller museum, and medieval salt town first documented in 790.

Sumaré

Sumaré is a municipality in São Paulo state, Brazil, in the Campinas Metropolitan Region, about 18 km from Campinas. Formerly Rebouças district, emancipated 1953; 279,545 residents (2022 census), industrial economy, GDP R$ 19 billion (2023).

Sumbawanga

Sumbawanga, capital of Rukwa Region, Tanzania, on the Ufipa Plateau between Lake Tanganyika and Lake Rukwa; regional commercial center, 303,986 municipal population (2022), maize trade hub, 1,329 km2 township boundary.

Sumbe

Sumbe (formerly Novo Redondo) is the coastal capital of Cuanza Sul Province, Angola, founded 7 January 1769; renamed after 1975 independence; 240,257 municipal residents in 2024; economy of agriculture, fishing, and port trade. Distinct from Sumé, Paraíba, Brazil.

Sumgait

Sumgait (Sumqayıt) is an industrial city on Azerbaijan's Absheron Peninsula, 30 km from Baku, founded 1944, city status 22 November 1949; population about 325,000-341,000, chemical and metallurgical industries, Sumgait Industrial Park, and a documented industrial pollution legacy.

Summerville, South Carolina

Summerville, known as the "Flower Town in the Pines," is a town in Dorchester County, South Carolina, and a major suburb of Charleston with a 2020 population of 50,915.

Summit, New Jersey

Summit is a city in Union County, New Jersey, about 25 miles west of New York City, with about 23,300 residents, NJ Transit Midtown Direct rail service, and a 2026 court-approved affordable housing plan covering roughly 532 units.

Sumter, South Carolina

Sumter, South Carolina: county seat of Sumter County, founded as Sumterville in 1800 and renamed Sumter in 1855. Home of Shaw Air Force Base (est. 1941), population 43,463 in 2020, first US city with council-manager government (1912).

Sumy

Sumy (Суми), city in northeastern Ukraine, capital of Sumy Oblast on the Psel River; founded 1652/1655 by Kondratiev's settlers, former Cossack regiment center, sugar-industry hub, Hero City (2025), heavily attacked since 2022.

Sunch’ŏn

Sunch’ŏn (순천시; 順天市) is a city in southeastern South Jeolla Province, South Korea, with about 274,000 residents, Suncheonman Bay wetlands, and Naganeupseong; a same-named city lies in North Korea's South Pyongan Province.

Suncheon

Suncheon (순천시, 順天市) is a city of about 280,000 in southeastern Jeollanam-do, South Korea, central city of the province's east, home to Suncheonman Bay (Ramsar 2006, World Heritage 2021) and Suncheon Bay National Garden; distinct from the North Korean Suncheon-si in Pyeongannam-do.

Sunderland

Sunderland: coastal city and metropolitan borough on the River Wear, Tyne and Wear, England; former world shipbuilding capital (Mackem identity), city status 1992, now built around Nissan's plant, AESC gigafactory and Riverside Sunderland regeneration.