Places Of The World (R-S)

Places Of The World (R-S)


Rabat

Rabat is the capital of Morocco.

Rajasthan

Rajasthan is a state in north west India.

Ramsgate

Ramsgate is a town in Kent. It was once an important port, after 1827 it became popular as a seasid resort following a visit by George IV.

Rangoon

Rangoon is the capital of Burma.

Rannoch

Rannoch is a loch in Perth and Kinross. It is 14km long and 1.6km wide. It drains into the river Tay.

Rapa Nui

Rapa Nui is another name for Easter Island.

Raung

Raung is a volcano in Indonesia. It stands 3332 metres high.

Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi is a city in Punjab province, Pakistan at the foothills of the Himalayas.

Razorbill

The razorbill is a north atlantic sea bird.

Reading

Reading is a city in Berkshire north of Basingstoke. Reading is on the River Thames and because of its strategic importance was occupied by the Danes in 871.

Red Sea

The Red Sea is a submerged section of the Great Rift Valley. It is a sea 2000km long with Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia on its shores.

Regina

Regina is the capital of Saskatchewan.

Regnum

see "Selsey"

Reigate

Reigate is an old town in Surrey. It was not called Reigate until the 12th century, previous to that it was the manor of the Earl of Surrey.

Reims

Reims is the capital of Champagne Ardenne region in France.

Rennes

Rennes is an industrial city and capital of Ille-et-Vilaine department, western France.

Reunion

Reunion is an island in the Indian ocean.

Reykjavic

Reykjavic is the capital of Iceland.

Reykjavik

Reykjavik is the capital of Iceland.

Rhine

The rhine is a river that rises in Switzerland and flows through Germany and the netherlands.

Rhode Island

Rhode island is the smallest state in the USA.

Rhodes

Rhodes is a Greek island.

Rhodesia

Rhodesia was a white ruled country in Africa. It went over to black rule and divided into Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Rhone

The Rhone is a river that rises in Switzerland and flows to Lyon in France.

Ribble

The River Ribble rises in the Pennines and flows 121 km to the Irish Sea near Southport.

Richmond

Richmond is a Royal manor on the River Thames in greater London.

Rif

The Rif Mountains are a mountain range in Morocco. They extend along the north African coast for 320 km from the Straits of Gibraltar.

Riga

Riga is the capital city of Latvia. It is a Baltic sea port.

Ringwood

Ringwood is a market town in Hampshire by the River Avon.

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro is a city in south east Brazil. It is a sea port. It is the capital city of Guanabara state and former federal state capital.

Rio Grande

The Rio Grande is a river rising in the rockies in Colorado and flowing to the Gulf of Mexico. The Rio Grande is the headstream of the River Parana in Brazil. It is 1040km long.

River Derwent

The River Derwent is the largest river in Tasmania. It is 190km long. The River Derwent is a river in Derbyshire. It is a tribute of the River Trent. It is 96km long. The River Derwent is a river in north Yorkshire. It is a tribute of the River Ouse. It is 91km long.

River Lea

The river Lea rises in the Chiltern hills near Luton and flows south and east into the river Thames at East London. It is 74km long.

River Ribble

The River Ribble rises in the Pennines and flows west to the Irish sea near Preston. It is 120km long.

River Tay

The Tay river flows south east from Loch Tay in Perth and Kinross to the Firth of Tay. It is 188km long and the longest river in Scotland.

River Thames

The river Thames rises in the Cotswold hills and flows past Oxford, Reading, Windosr and London to the North Sea. It is 336km long.

River Trent

The River Trent rises in north staffordshire, flows around the south Pennines and joins the River Ouse to form the Humber estuary. It is 240km long.

River Tummel

The River Tummel is a tributary of the River Tay. It is 88km long.

River Wear

The river Wear rises in the Pennines, and flows through Durham to the North Sea at Sunderland. It is 96km long.

Riyadh

Riyadh is the royal capital of Saudi Arabia. It is 368km inland from the Persian Gulf.

Rize

Rize is a market city in east Turkey.

Rochdale

Rochdale is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It was the site of the founding of the cooperative movement in 1844.

Rochester

Rochester is a town in Kent. It was originally a Celtic settlement, it is now a connercial town.

Rockall

Rockall is a small island in the Atlantic Ocean 320km west of the Outer Hebrides. It was annexed by Britain in 1955.

Rocky Mountains

The rocky mountains are a mountain range in west USA.

Romania

Romania is a country in south east Europe. It has a total area of 237,500 km2. The climate is temperate; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow and fog; sunny summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms. The terrain is central Transylvanian Basin is separated from the plain of Moldavia on the east by the Carpathian Mountains and separated from the Walachian Plain on the south by the Transylvanian Alps. Natural resources are crude oil (reserves being exhausted), timber, natural gas, coal, iron ore, salt. The religion is 80% Romanian Orthodox; 6% Roman Catholic; 4% Calvinist, Lutheran, Jewish, Baptist. The language is Romanian, Hungarian, German.

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy.

Romsey

Romsey is a market town in the Test Valley, Hampshire. It stands on the River Test 14km north west of Southampton.

Ronda

Ronda is an ancient Moorish town in Malaga, Spain.

Ronne

Ronne is the capital of Bornholm Island in Denmark. It is a fishing port and ceramics centre.

Roosendaal

Roosendaal is a sugar-refining town in the Netherlands.

Roquefort

Roquefort is a town in south France famous for its particular brand of cheese.

Rorke's Drift

Rorke's Drift is a ford on the Buffalo River in South Africa, about 32km south-east of Dundee. It was the scene of a famous and gallant defence by a few British soldiers against 4000 Zulus on January 22, 1879 in which a large number of Victoria Cross medals were awarded for bravery.

Roscoff

Roscoff is a seaport on the north coast of France. It was here that Mary Steuart landed in 1548.

Roscommon

Roscommon is a county of Connacht province, Republic of Ireland.

Roseau

Roseau is the capital of Dominica.

Ross Dependency

The Ross Dependency is a large area of the Antarctic belonging to New Zealand.

Rossendale Fells

The Rossendale Fells is an upland in south east Lancashire. They are an extension of the Pennines between the River Mersey and River Ribble. Their altitude is mainly above 360m.

Rostock

Rostock is a medieval city in Germany close to the Baltic coast.

Rostov

Rostov is a port on the River Don near to the Azov Sea. It is one of Russia's oldest agricultural centres.

Rother

The Rother is a river in Derbyshire and south Yorkshire. It is 34km long.

Rotherham

Rotherham is a manufacturing town in South Yorkshire on the River Don 6km north east of Sheffield.

Rothwell

Rothwell is a coal mining town in West Yorkshire. It stands on the River Aire 5km south east of Leeds.

Rotorua

Rotorua is a spa town in Auckland, New Zealand.

Rotterdam

Rotterdam is a city and seaport in the Netherlands.

Rottingdean

Rottingdean is a village in Sussex 6 km from Brighton.

Ruhr

The Ruhr is a river in Germany.

Runnymede

Runnymede is a green expanse of meadows outside Egham in Surrey.

Russia

Russia is a country in east Europe.

Rustavi

Rustavi is a new town in Georgia 32km south east of Tbilisi. It has a large metallurgical plant.

Rutbah

Rutbah is a town on the trans-desert route from Iraq to Haifa.

Rwanda

Rwanda is a country in central Africa. It has a total area of 26,340 km2. The climate is temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild in mountains with frost and snow possible. The terrain is mostly grassy uplands and hills; mountains in west. Natural resources are gold, cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite (tungsten ore), natural gas, hydropower. The religion is Roman Catholic 65%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 1%, indigenous beliefs and other 25%. The language is Kinyarwanda, French (official); Kiswahili used in commercial centers.

Ryde

Ryde is a seaport on the Isle of Wight. It is a popular seaside resort and is the main point of entry to the island with connecting ferries to Portsmouth.

Rye

Rye is a town in Surrey popular with tourists for its Tudor, Stuart and Georgian houses.

Ryssel

Ryssel is the Flemish name for Lille.

Ryukyu Islands

The Ryukyu Islands are the southernmost island group of Japan.

Saarland

Saarland is a heavily forested state in Germany.

Sahara

The Sahara is a north African desert extending from the Atlantic to the Nile.

Saigon

see "Ho Chi Minh City"

Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia is a country in the Caribbean.

Sakartvelo

Sakartvelo is the Georgian name for the country of Georgia.

Sakhalin

Sakhalin is an island in the Pacific north of Japan.

Salado

The Salado is a river in north west Argentina. It is 800km long.

Salch

Salch is a seaport near Fez in Morocco.

Salcombe

Salcombe is a seaside resort town in Devon.

Salerno

Salerno is the capital of Salerno province in south Italy. The allied landings took place here in 1943.

Salisbury

Salisbury is the former name of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. Salisbury is an old town in Wiltshire built upon the junction of the River Avon and the River Nadder.

Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City is the capital of Utah, USA.

Salvador

Salvador is a port and naval base in Bahia state, Brazil.

Salzburg

Salzburg is the capital of Salzburg state, Austria. It stands on the River Salzburg.

Samarkand

Samarkand is the capital of Samarkand region, Uzbek.

Samoa

Samoa is a volcanic island group in the south west Pacific.

San Antonio

San Antonio is a city in south Texas, USA.

San Diego

San Diego is a city and military base in California, USA.

San Francisco

San Francisco is a Pacific port in California, USA.

San Jose

San Jose is the capital of Costa Rica.

San Juan

San Juan is the capital of Puerto Rico.

San Luis

San Luis is the capital of San Luis province in Argentina. It is a cattle, grain and wine producing centre.

San Luis Potosi

San Luis Potosi is a silver-mining city and the capital of San Luis Potosi state in central Mexico.

San Marino

San Marino is a country in north Italy. It has a total area of 60 km2. The climate is Mediterranean; mild to cool winters; warm, sunny summers. The terrain is rugged mountains. Natural resources are building stones. The religion is Roman Catholic. The language is Italian.

San Salvador

San Salvador is the capital of El Salvador.

San'a

San'a is the capital of North Yemen.

Sandhurst

Sandhurst is a village in berkshire.

Sandown

Sandown is a seaside resort on the Isle of Wight 3 km north of Shanklin.

Sandwich

Sandwich is an old town and one time naval port in Kent.

Sandwich Islands

The Sandwich Islands is a former name of Hawaii.

Sangay

Sangay is a volcano in Ecuador. It is 5410 metres high.

Santiago

Santiago is the capital of Chile.

Santillana del Mar

Santillana del Mar is a village in Santander provibce, Spain.

Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo is the capital and chief sea port of the Dominican Republic.

Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo is a city in Brazil. It is South America's leading industrial city producing electronics, steel and chemicals.

Sao Tome Principe

Sao Tome Principe is a country off the west coast of Africa. It has a total area of 960 km2. The climate is tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May). The terrain is volcanic, mountainous. Natural resources are fish. The religion is Roman Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, Seventh-Day Adventist. The language is Portuguese (official).

Sapele

Sapele is a town in Nigeria south of Benin. It is a plywood plant.

Sapporo

Sapporo is the capital of Hokkaido, Japan.

Saragossa

Saragossa is an industrial city in Aragon, Spain.

Sarajevo

Sarajevo is the capital of Bosnia Hercegovina.

Sarawak

Sarawak is a Malaysian state on the island of Borneo.

Sardinia

Sardinia is a mountainous island in the mediterranean.

Sargasso Sea

The Sargasso Sea is part of the north Atlantic. Circling ocean currents leave it static, and its surface is covered with floating weed.

Sark

Sark is one of the Channel islands.

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a province in west Canada.

Saskatoon

Saskatoon is a town in Canada. It is 241 km north west of Regina.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia os a country in Arabia.

Sauerland

Sauerland is a district in west Germany.

Savanna-La-Mar

Savanna-La-Mar is a sea port in south west Jamaica. It has an unusual claim to fame as the port most devastated by hurricanes in the world.

Save

The save is a river which rises in the alps and flows through Yugolsavia and Italy and terminates in the danube at belgrade.

Savoy

Savoy is an area of France between the Alps, Lake Geneva and the Rhone.

Saxony

Saxony was a former kingdom in germany.

Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a peninsula in north west Europe.

Scarpe

The scarpe is a river in France.

Scilly Islands

The Scilly Islands are a group of 140 islands south west of Cornwall.

Scotland

Scotland is a country north of England.

Scyros

Scyros is an island in the aegean sea. Theseus was killed and buried on Scyros.

Scythia

Scythia is a region north of the Black Sea between the Carpathian mountains and the river Don.

Sea of Okhotsk

see "Okhotsk"

Sedgemoor

Sedgemoor is a battlefield in Sommerset where the Duke of Monmouth was defeated on july the 6th 1685.

Sedlescombe

Sedlescombe is a village in Sussex dating back to at least Anglo-Saxon times.

Seine

The Seine is a French river.

Selsey

Selsey was once an island in the English Channel, it is now a peninsular in Sussex. It was the site of a Roman settlement called Regnum.

Selworthy

Selworthy is a village in the Vale of Porlock, in Somerset.

Semarang

Semarang is a port in north Java.

Sempach

Sempach is a town in Switzerland where Swiss independance was gained in 1386.

Senegal

Senegal is a country in west Africa. It has a total area of 196,190 km2. The climate is tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (December to April) has strong southeast winds; dry season (May to November) dominated by hot, dry harmattan wind. The terrain is generally low, rolling, plains rising to foothills in southeast. Natural resources are fish, phosphates, iron ore. The religion is 92% Muslim, 6% indigenous beliefs, 2% Christian (mostly Roman Catholic). The language is French (official); Wolof, Pulaar, Diola, Mandingo.

Seoul

Seoul is the capital of South Korea.

Serajevo

Serajevo is the capital of Bosnia in Yugolsavia.

Serbia

Serbia is a country in Yugolsavia.

Sevenoaks

Sevenoaks is a residential town in Kent.

Severn

The Severn is a river in England. It rises in Plynlimmon and flows 354 km to the Bristol Channel.

Seville

Seville is a sea port on the Guadalquir River in Spain. It is the capital city of Seville province. It is a major commercial, industrial and cultural centre.

Seychelles

The seychelles is an island group country in the Indian ocean north of Madagascar. It has a total area of 455 km2. The climate is tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May). The terrain varies. The Mahe Group is granitic, narrow coastal strip, rocky, hilly; others are coral, flat, elevated reefs Natural resources are fish, copra, cinnamon trees. The religion is 90% Roman Catholic, 8% Anglican, 2% other. The language is English and French (official); Creole.

Sfax

Sfax is a sea-port in Tunisia.

Shaanxi

Shaanxi is a province of north west China.

Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury is a town in Dorset. It was originally an Anglo-Saxon fortified town.

Shamokin

Shamokin is a town in Pennsylvania.

Shandong

Shandong is a province in north east China.

Shanghai

Shanghai is a port on the Huang-pu and Wusong rivers in Jiangsu province, China.

Shanklin

Shanklin is a town in the Isle of Wight.

Shannon

The Shannon is the longest river in Ireland.

Shansi

Shansi is a province of China.

Shantung

Shantung is a province of China.

Shanxi

Shanxi is a province in north west China.

Sharjah

Sharjah is a member state of the United Arab Emirates. It is located on the Arabian Gulf, north east of Dubai.

Sharpeville

Sharpeville is a black township on South Africa.

Shatt-al-Arab

Shatt-al-Arab is the waterway formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris. It flows 190km to the Arabian Gulf.

Sheba

Sheba was the ancient name for what is now South Yemen.

Shechem

Shechem was an ancient city in Palestine, and the capital of Samaria.

Sheffield

Sheffield is an industrial city in Yorkshire, England. It is famous for its steel industries, and fine cutlery.

Shekel

The shekel is the currency of Israel.

Shendi

Shendi is a town in Egypt.

Shensi

Shensi is a province of China.

Shenyang

Shenyang is the capital of Liaoning.

Sherborne

Sherborne is a picturesque village in Dorset.

Sherwood Forest

Sherwood Forest is an area of west Nottinghamshire, England. It was formerly a royal forest.

Shetland

The shetland are a group of islands north of Scotland.

Shikoku

Shikoku is the smallest of the four main Japanese islands.

Shropshire

Shropshire is a county in west England.

Shusha

Shusha is a town and former fortress in Azerbaijan.

Siberia

Siberia is a region of north Asia.

Sichuan

Sichuan is a province in central China.

Sicily

Sicily is an island south west of Italy.

Sidmouth

Sidmouth is a seaside resort town in Devon.

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone is a country in west Africa. It has a total area of 71,740 km2. The climate is tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May to December); winter dry season (December to April) The terrain is coastal belt of mangrove swamps, wooded hill country, upland plateau, mountains in east. Natural resources are diamonds, titanium ore, bauxite, iron ore, gold, chromite. The religion is 30% Muslim, 30% indigenous beliefs, 10% Christian, 30% other or none. The language is English (official); regular use limited to literate minority; principal vernaculars are Mende in south and Temne in north; Krio is the language of the resettled ex-slave population of the Freetown area and is lingua franca.

Sierra Madre

Sierra Madre is a system of 3 mountain ranges in Mexico.

Sikkim

Sikkim is a state in north east India.

Silchester

Silchester is a village in Hampshire. It was originally a Celtic settlement. The Romans formed a settlement, calling it Calleva Atrebatum.

Silesia

Silesia is a region in Europe.

Sinai

Sinai is an Egyptian peninsula at the head of the Red Sea.

Singapore

Singapore is an island country in south east Asia. It has a total area of 632.6 km2. The climate is tropical; hot, humid, rainy; no pronounced rainy or dry seasons; thunderstorms occur on 40% of all days (67% of days in April). The terrain is lowland; gently undulating central plateau contains water catchment area and nature preserve. Natural resources are fish, deepwater ports. The religion is majority of Chinese are Buddhists or atheists; Malays nearly all Muslim (minorities include Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Taoists, Confucianists). The language is Chinese, Malay, Tamil, and English (official); Malay (national).

Sinop

Sinop is a sea port with a natural harbour on the Black Sea in north Turkey. In 1853 the Russians sank the Turkish fleet at Sinop and so began the Crimean War.

Siquijor

Siquijor is an island in the Philippines 32 km south of sebu.

Skiddaw

Skiddaw is a mountain in Cumbria north of Keswick. It is 931 metres tall.

Skien

Skien is a town in Norway.

Skopje

Skopje is an industrial city and the capital of Macedonia.

Skye

Skye is an island of the Hebrides.

Slamat

Slamat is a volcano in Indonesia. It is 3428 metres high.

Sligo

Sligo is a county of Connacht province, Republic of Ireland.

Slovakia

Slovakia is a region of eastern Czechoslovakia.

Slovenia

Slovenia is a country in Yugolsavia.

Smarden

Smarden is a village in Kent.

Snowdon

Mount Snowdon is a 1085 metres high mountain in Wales.

Sofia

Sofia is the capital of Bulgaria since 1878.

Sokal

Sokal is a town in Ukraine. It was the scene of a battle between Russian cavalry and Austrian forces in august 1914.

Solomon islands

The Solomon islands are a country in the west Pacific. They have a total area of 28,450 km2. The climate is tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather. The terrain is mostly rugged mountains with some low coral atolls. Natural resources are fish, forests, gold, bauxite, phosphates. The religion is almost all at least nominally Christian; Anglican, Seventh-Day Adventist, and Roman Catholic Churches dominant. The language is 120 indigenous languages; Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English spoken by 1-2% of population.

Somalia

Somalia is a country in north east Africa. It has a total area of 637,660 km2. The climate is desert; northeast monsoon (December to February), cooler southwest monsoon (May to October); irregular rainfall; hot, humid periods (tangambili) between monsoons. The terrain is mostly flat to undulating plateau rising to hills in north. Natural resources are uranium, and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt. The religion is almost entirely Sunni Muslim. The language is Somali (official); Arabic, Italian, English.

Somerset

Somerset is a county in south west England.

Somme

The Somme is a river in north France. It was the scene of a bloody battle in 1917.

Sompting

Sompting is a small town in Sussex, and site of one of the oldest churches in England.

Sonning

Sonning is a village 5 km from Reading on the River Thames in Berkshire.

Soria

Soria is the capital of Soria district in Spain. It is located on the River Duero. It is a medieval looking town.

South Africa

South Africa is a country in south Africa. It has a total area of 1,221,040 km2. The climate is mostly semiarid; subtropical along coast; sunny days, cool nights. The terrain is vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and narrow coastal plain. Natural resources are gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, tin, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas. The religion is most whites and Coloreds and roughly 60% of blacks are Christian; roughly 60% of Indians are Hindu, 20% Muslim. The language is Afrikaans, English (official); many vernacular languages, including Zulu, Xhosa, North and South Sotho, Tswana.

South America

South America is an American continent.

South Australia

South Australia is a state in Australia.

South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in south east USA.

South Dakota

South Dakota is a state in the USA.

South georgia

South Georgia is an island south east of the Falkland Islands. The climate is variable, with mostly westerly winds throughout the year, interspersed with periods of calm; nearly all precipitation falls as snow. The terrain is largely barren and has steep, glacier-covered mountains.

South Glamorgan

South Glamorgan is a county in south Wales.

South Korea

South Korea is a country in east Asia. It has a total area of 98,480 km2. The climate is temperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter. The terrain is mostly hills and mountains; wide coastal plains in west and south. Natural resources are coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower The religion is strong Confucian tradition; vigorous Christian minority (28% of the total population); Buddhism; pervasive folk religion (Shamanism); Chondokyo (religion of the heavenly way), eclectic religion with nationalist overtones founded in 19th century, claims about 1.5 million adherents. The language is Korean; English widely taught in high school.

South Moravia

South Moravia is a region of Czechoslovakia.

South West Africa

South West Africa was a former name of Namibia.

Southampton

Southampton is a naval town in Hampshire, England. It is situated at the head of Southampton water on a peninsular between the estuaries of the River Test and the River Itchen. It is one of Britain's biggest container ports.

Soweto

Soweto is a township in South Africa.

Spain

Spain is a country in south west Europe. It has a total area of 504,750 km2. The climate is temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast. The terrain is large, flat to dissected plateau surrounded by rugged hills; Pyrenees in north. Natural resources are coal, lignite, iron ore, uranium, mercury, pyrites, fluorspar, gypsum, zinc, lead, tungsten, copper, kaolin, potash, hydropower. The religion is 99% Roman Catholic, 1% other sects. The language is Castilian Spanish; second languages include 17% Catalan, 7% Galician, and 2% Basque.

Spandau

Spandau is a suburb of Berlin, Germany.

Spanish Town

Spanish Town is the former capital of Jamaica.*Sparta Sparta was a city in ancient Greece.

Sparta

Sparta was a city in ancient Greece.

Spey

The River Spey rises in the Grampian Mountains at Inverness and flows 177 km to the Moray Firth.

Spice Islands

see "Maluku"

Spitsbergen

Spitsbergen is an island of Svalbard.

Split

Split is an Adriatic port in Yugoslavia.

Spratly Islands

The Spratly Islands are a group of 50 islands in the south China Sea. They have a total area of less than 5 km2. The climate is tropical. The terrain is flat. Natural resources are fish, guano; oil and natural gas potential.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is an island country south of India. has a total area of 65,610 km2. The climate is tropical; monsoonal; northeast monsoon (December to March); southwest monsoon (June to October). The terrain is mostly low, flat to rolling plain; mountains in south-central interior. Natural resources are limestone, graphite, mineral sands, gems, phosphates, clay. The religion is 69% Buddhist, 15% Hindu, 8% Christian, 8% Muslim. The language is Sinhala (official); Sinhala and Tamil listed as national languages; Sinhala spoken by about 74% of population, Tamil spoken by about 18%; English commonly used in government and spoken by about 10% of the population.

St Agnes

St Agnes is a town in Cornwall, England.

St Austell

St Austell is a china clay mining town in Cornwall.

St George's

St George's is a port and the capital of Grenada.

St Helena

St Helena is an island in the south Atlantic. It has a total area of 410 km2. The climate is tropical; marine; mild, tempered by trade winds. The terrain is rugged, volcanic; small scattered plateaus and plains. Natural resources are fish. The religion is Anglican majority; also Baptist, Seventh-Day Adventist, and Roman Catholic. The language is English.

St Ives

St Ives is a seaport in Cornwall. During the 19th century it was one of Britain's busiest pilchard ports.

St John's

St John's is the capital of Newfoundland.

St Lawrence

The St Lawrence is a river in east north America.

St Moritz

St Moritz is a winter sports centre in south east Switzerland.

St Pierre and Miquelon

St Pierre and Miquelon are a territorial collectivity of France comprising eight small islands off the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Kitts and Nevis is the larger of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean. It has a total area of 360 km2. The climate is subtropical tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November). The terrain is volcanic with mountainous interiors. Natural resources are negligible. The religion is Anglican, other Protestant sects, Roman Catholic. The language is English

St. Lucia

St. Lucia is one of the Windward Islands in the Caribbean. It has a total area of 620 km2. The climate is tropical, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season from January to April, rainy season from May to August. The terrain is volcanic and mountainous with some broad, fertile valleys. Natural resources are forests, sandy beaches, minerals (pumice), mineral springs, geothermal potential. The religion is 90% Roman Catholic, 7% Protestant, 3% Anglican. The language is English (official), French patois.

St. Pierre and Miquelon

St. Pierre and Miquelon are 8 small islands south of Newfoundland. They have a total area of 242 km2. The climate is cold and wet, with much mist and fog; spring and autumn are windy. The terrain is mostly barren rock. Natural resources are fish, deepwater ports. The religion is 98% Roman Catholic. The language is French.

Stade

Stade is a town in Saxony, Germany.

Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a county in west central England.

Stalingrad

Stalingrad was the name of the city of Volgograd from 1925 until 1961.

Stanley

Stanley is the capital of the Falkland Islands.

Steep Point

Steep Point is the westernmost extremity of Australia.

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden.

Stone

Stone is a village near Dartford in Kent.

Stonehenge

Stonehenge is an ancient stone circle in Wiltshire.

Stopham

Stopham is a village in Sussex at the meeting of the River Rother and River Arun.

Stour

The Stour is the name of several rivers in England.

Strait of Dover

The Strait of Dover is a stretch of water separating England from France and linking the English Channel with the North Sea.

Strait of Gibraltar

The Strait of Gibraltar is the strait separating north Africa from Spain.

Strait of Messina

The Strait of Messina is a channel in the central Mediterranean separating Sicily from mainland Italy.

Strasbourg

Strasbourg is a city on the River Ill, in Bas-Rhin department, France. It is the capital of Alsace.

Stratford upon Avon

Stratford upon Avon is a market town on the River Avon in Warwickshire, England. It was the birth place of William Shakespeare.

Strathclyde

Strathclyde is a region of Scotland.

Strood

Strood is a town in Kent on the Medway opposite Rochester.

Stuttgart

Stuttgart is a city in Germany. It is the capital of Baden-Wurttenberg region.

Styria

Styria is a province in Austria.

Styx

The styx was a river in Greek mythology surrounding the underworld.

Sudan

Sudan is a country in north east Africa. It has a total area of 2,505,810 km2. The climate is tropical in south; arid desert in north; rainy season (April to October). The terrain is generally flat, featureless plain; mountains in east and west. Natural resources are modest reserves of crude oil, iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, crude oil. The religion is 70% Sunni Muslim (in north), 20% indigenous beliefs, 5% Christian (mostly in south and Khartoum). The language is Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, and Sudanic languages, English; program of Arabization in process.

Sudbury

Sudbury is a city in Ontario, Canada.

Suez Canal

The Suez Canal links the Mediterranean and Red seas.

Suffolk

Suffolk is a county in east England.

Sulawesi

Sulawesi is one of the Sunda islands, in Indonesia.

Sumatra

Sumatra is the 2nd largest Indonesian island.

Sumbawa

Sumbawa is an Indonesian island between Flores and Lombok. It has a wet climate and sparse population.

Sunday Island

Sunday Island is the largest, and only inhabited of the Kermadec Islands of New Zealand. It is a meteorological and radio station.

Sunderland

Sunderland is a sea port in Tyne And Wear, England at the mouth of the River Wear. Sunderland is an industrial town.

Surabaya

Surabaya is a port on the Island of Java.

Suriname

Suriname is a country on the north coast of South America. It has a total area of 163,270 km2. The climate is tropical; moderated by trade winds. The terrain is mostly rolling hills; narrow coastal plain with swamps. Natural resources are timber, hydropower potential, fish, shrimp, bauxite, iron ore, and modest amounts of nickel, copper, platinum, gold. The religion is 27.4% Hindu, 19.6% Muslim, 22.8% Roman Catholic, 25.2% Protestant (predominantly Moravian), about 5% indigenous beliefs. The language is Dutch (official); English widely spoken; Sranan Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki) is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others; also Hindi Suriname Hindustani (a variant of Bhoqpuri), and Javanese.

Surrey

Surrey is a county in south England.

Sussex

Sussex is the collective term of East Sussex and West Sussex.

Sutton Hoo

Sutton Hoo is a village in Suffolk. In 1939 a a Saxon ship burial was discovered and excavated here.

Svalbard

Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic. It has a total area of 62,049 km2. The climate is arctic, tempered by warm North Atlantic Current; cool summers, cold winters; North Atlantic Current flows along west and north coasts of Spitsbergen, keeping water open and navigable most of the year. The terrain is wild, rugged mountains; much of high land ice covered; west coast clear of ice about half the year; fjords along west and north coasts. Natural resources are coal, copper, iron ore, phosphate, zinc, wildlife, fish. The language is Russian, Norwegian.

Swale

The river Swale is a river in North Yorkshire. It joins with the river Ure to form the river Ouse. It is 96km long.

Swanage

Swanage is a seaside resort town in Dorset.

Swaziland

Swaziland is a country in south east Africa. It has a total area of 17,360 km2. The climate is varies from tropical to near temperate. The terrain is mostly mountains and hills; some moderately sloping plains. Natural resources are asbestos, coal, clay, tin, hydroelelectric power, forests, and small gold and diamond deposits The religion is 60% Christian, 40% indigenous beliefs. The language is English and siSwati (official); government business conducted in English.

Sweden

Sweden is a country in north Europe. It has a total area of 449,960 km2. The climate is temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north. The terrain is mostly flat or gently rolling lowlands; mountains in west. Natural resources are zinc, iron ore, lead, copper, silver, timber, uranium, hydropower potential. The religion is 93.5% Evangelical Lutheran, 1.0% Roman Catholic, 5.5% other. The language is Swedish, small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities; immigrants speak native languages.

Switzerland

Switzerland is a country in west Europe. It has a total area of 41,290 km2. The climate is temperate, but varies with altitude; cold, cloudy, rainy/snowy winters; cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers with occasional showers. The terrain is mostly mountains (Alps in south, Jura in northwest) with a central plateau of rolling hills, plains, and large lakes. Natural resources are hydropower potential, timber, salt. The religion is 49% Roman Catholic, 48% Protestant, 0.3% Jewish. The language is distributed amongst the total population-65% German, 18% French, 12% Italian, 1% Romansch, 4% other; Swiss nationals-74% German, 20% French, 4% Italian, 1% Romansch, 1% other.

Sydney

Sydney is the capital of new south Wales.

Syria

Syria is a country in west Asia. It has a total area of 185,180 km2. The climate is mostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and mild, rainy winters (December to February) along coast. The terrain is primarily semiarid and desert plateau; narrow coastal plain; mountains in west. Natural resources are crude oil, phosphates, chrome and manganese ores, asphalt, iron ore, rock salt, marble, gypsum. The religion is 74% Sunni Muslim; 16% Alawite, Druze, and other Muslim sects; 10% Christian (various sects); tiny Jewish communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo. The language is Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian; French widely understood.

Szczecin

Szczecin is an industrial port on the River Oder, in north west Poland.

Szechwan

Szechwan is a province of China.