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Places that start with S

Atlaspong knows 108 places that start with S: 27 countries, 1 continent, 9 states and regions, 71 cities. Names run from A to Z, such as Saarland, Sacramento, Sagar. Did you know? Saarland: Leaving out the three city-states, it is the smallest state in Germany.

How to use this in the game. When the previous place ends in S, any name on this page is a good answer. Play Atlaspong, free, and see how long your chain gets.

Countries

• Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is the smallest country in the Americas, by both size and population.
• Saint Lucia. It is the only country in the world named after a woman, Saint Lucy.
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Scenes from the Pirates of the Caribbean films were shot at its Wallilabou Bay.
• Samoa. In 2011 it skipped 30 December, jumping to the other side of the International Date Line.
• San Marino. Founded in AD 301, it claims to be the world's oldest surviving republic.
• Sao Tome and Principe. Africa's second smallest country, it is made of volcanic islands sitting almost on the equator.
• Saudi Arabia. Much of it is the Arabian desert.
• Scotland. Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.
• Senegal. Its pink Lake Retba gets its colour from tiny algae.
• Serbia. Its capital, Belgrade, is one of the oldest cities in Europe.
• Seychelles. Its 115 islands are home to the coco de mer, the palm with the biggest seed in the world.
• Sierra Leone. Its name comes from the Portuguese for Lion Mountains, given by an explorer in 1462.
• Singapore. A city, an island and a country all at once.
• Slovakia. Has more castles per person than almost any other country.
• Slovenia. Most of its land is covered in forest.
• Solomon Islands. It is made up of six big islands and more than 1,000 smaller ones, north-east of Australia.
• Somalia. Has the longest coastline on the African mainland.
• South Africa. Has three capital cities.
• South Korea. Its alphabet, Hangul, was invented in the 1440s by King Sejong so that everyone could learn to read.
• South Sudan. The world's newest country since 2011, it is home to the Sudd, one of Africa's biggest swamps.
• Spain. Has the oldest restaurant in the world, open since 1725.
• Sri Lanka. Known for tea and for having many elephants.
• Sudan. Has more pyramids than Egypt.
• Suriname. It is the only country in South America where Dutch is the official language.
• Sweden. Has about 267,000 islands, more than any other country.
• Switzerland. Has four official languages.
• Syria. Its capital, Damascus, gave its name to damask, a fabric woven with shiny patterns.

Continents

• South America. It is home to the Amazon rainforest, the Amazon River and the long Andes mountains.

States and regions

• Saarland. Leaving out the three city-states, it is the smallest state in Germany.
• Saskatchewan. Its name comes from a Cree word meaning swift-flowing river.
• Saxony. Its town of Meissen made Europe's first true porcelain, in the early 1700s.
• Sikkim. It is home to Kangchenjunga, India's highest peak and the third-highest on Earth.
• Sinaloa. It is called the breadbasket of Mexico because its farms grow so much food.
• Sonora. It is home to much of the Sonoran Desert, where giant saguaro cacti grow.
• South Australia. It is known for its fine food and wine and its many cultural festivals.
• South Carolina. It was named after King Charles I of England, as Carolus is Latin for Charles.
• South Dakota. Mount Rushmore, with four giant faces carved into the rock, stands in its Black Hills.

Cities

• Sacramento. It became a boom town in the California Gold Rush, after gold was found nearby in 1848.
• Sagar. It has the oldest university in Madhya Pradesh.
• Saharanpur. It is famous for wood carving and beautiful carved furniture.
• Saharsa. It sits near the eastern banks of the Kosi River in Bihar.
• Saint George's. It is the capital of Grenada, the Spice Isle, built around a curved harbour.
• Saint John's. It is the capital of Antigua and Barbuda and sits on the island of Antigua.
• Saint Petersburg. Founded by Tsar Peter the Great in 1703, it is Russia's second-largest city.
• Salem. It is known for its steel plant and for growing mangoes.
• Salt Lake City. It is named after the nearby Great Salt Lake, which is saltier than the sea.
• Salvador. Its colourful old Pelourinho district is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• Salzburg. The birthplace of the composer Mozart.
• Samarkand. A great city of the old Silk Road, it is famous for the blue-tiled buildings of Registan Square.
• Sambalpur. The Hirakud Dam nearby is one of the longest earthen dams in the world.
• San Diego. Called the Birthplace of California, it was the first place on the US West Coast settled by Europeans.
• San Francisco. Famous for the Golden Gate Bridge.
• San Jose. Founded in 1777, it was the first town in California and the state's first capital.
• San Juan. Its old town is the oldest settlement in Puerto Rico.
• San Salvador. It sits at the foot of the San Salvador volcano.
• Sanaa. It is the capital of Yemen, and its old city is famous for tall decorated houses.
• Sangli. It is called the Turmeric City, Asia's biggest hub for the spice.
• Sangrur. It was once the capital of the princely state of Jind.
• Santa Fe. In 2005 it became the first US city to join UNESCO's Creative Cities Network.
• Santiago. A capital city with the snowy Andes right behind it.
• Santo Domingo. Founded in 1496, it had the first university, cathedral and castle in the Americas.
• Sao Paulo. It is the most populous city in the Americas.
• Sapporo. Its Snow Festival, with giant snow and ice sculptures, draws more than 2 million visitors.
• Sarajevo. With many faiths living side by side, it is sometimes called the Jerusalem of Europe.
• Sasaram. It is home to the grand tomb of Sher Shah Suri, which stands in the middle of a lake.
• Satara. Its name comes from the seven forts, sat tara, around the city.
• Satna. It is famous for its cement factories, built on rich limestone.
• Savannah. Founded in 1733, it is Georgia's oldest city and has 22 leafy town squares.
• Seattle. Its Space Needle tower was built for the 1962 World's Fair.
• Sehore. It lies on the highway between Bhopal and Indore, 38 km from Bhopal.
• Sendai. It holds Japan's biggest Tanabata star festival every summer.
• Seoul. Has one of the fastest internet speeds in the world.
• Seville. Its port, about 80 km from the sea, is the only river harbour in Spain.
• Shanghai. Home to the world's fastest commercial maglev train.
• Sheffield. It is home to Sheffield FC, the oldest football club in the world.
• Shenyang. It is the largest city in northeast China and was once called Mukden.
• Shenzhen. In 1980 it became China's first special economic zone and grew into a giant modern city.
• Shillong. It is often called the rock music capital of India.
• Shimla. In 1864 it became the summer capital of British India.
• Shiraz. It is an Iranian city known for poets, gardens and roses, near the ruins of Persepolis.
• Shirdi. It is a Maharashtra town known for its Sai Baba temple, visited by many pilgrims.
• Shivamogga. Jog Falls, one of India's highest waterfalls, is in this district.
• Siem Reap. It is the gateway town to the great temples of Angkor in Cambodia.
• Sikar. It is called Rajasthan's Mini Kota for its many coaching institutes.
• Silchar. The world's first polo club was set up here.
• Siliguri. Called the Gateway of Northeast India, it sits in the foothills of the Himalayas.
• Silvassa. It sits on the Daman Ganga River and is the main town of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
• Sirsa. It sits near the Thar Desert, where Haryana meets Punjab and Rajasthan.
• Sitapur. The holy forest of Naimisharanya, an ancient pilgrimage site, is in this district.
• Sivakasi. It makes about 70% of India's firecrackers and matches.
• Siwan. It is the home district of Dr Rajendra Prasad, India's first President.
• Skopje. Mother Teresa was born here in 1910.
• Sofia. People have lived here for at least 9,000 years, at the foot of Vitosha mountain.
• Solapur. Its Solapuri chadars, soft cotton bedsheets, are famous around the world.
• Somnath. Its famous temple stands right on the Arabian Sea coast of Gujarat.
• Sonipat. Long ago it was known as Swarnprastha.
• Split. Its old town grew up inside the walls of a Roman emperor's home, Diocletian's Palace.
• Sri Ganganagar. Water from the Gang Canal turned its desert into farmland, so it is called the food basket of Rajasthan.
• Srinagar. It is famous for its houseboats on Dal Lake and for soft Kashmir shawls.
• St Louis. Its Gateway Arch is the tallest arch in the world, at 192 metres.
• Stockholm. Built across 14 islands.
• Stuttgart. Called the cradle of the automobile, it is home to the Mercedes-Benz and Porsche museums.
• Sucre. It is the official capital of Bolivia and one of the highest capital cities in the world.
• Surabaya. It is Indonesia's second-largest city and one of the earliest port cities in Southeast Asia.
• Surat. Most of the world's diamonds are cut and polished in this city.
• Surendranagar. The Little Rann of Kutch, home of the Indian wild ass, is nearby.
• Suva. It is the capital of Fiji and its main port.
• Sydney. Its Opera House has a roof made of over a million tiles.