Continents, countries, cities and other geographical and political subdivisions
The terms place and location in geography are used to identify a point or an area on the Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term location generally implies a higher degree of certainty than place, the latter often indicating an entity with an ambiguous boundary, relying more on human or social attributes of place identity and sense of place than on geometry.
Featured Places
- Singapore - Islands in southeast Asia, ruled since 1965 by the Xīnjiāpō Gònghéguó/Republic of Singapore
- Switzerland - Territory in west central Europe, ruled since 1848 by the Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft - Confédération suisse - Confederazione Svizzera
Notable Places
- Saudi Arabia - Territory in southwestern Asia, ruled since 1932 by the Āl Sa‘ūd family
- Scandinavia - Region of northern Europe, encompassing the Scandinavian Peninsula and culturally related areas
- Scotland - Territory in the north of the island of Great Britain, ruled since 1707 by the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, the Pàrlamaid na h-Alba and the Riaghaltas na h-Alba
- Senegal - Territory in western Africa, ruled since 1960 by the République du Sénégal
- Serbia - Territory in southeastern Europe, ruled since 2006 by the Republika Srbija
- Somalia - Territory in eastern Africa, nominally ruled since 1960 by the Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya
- South Africa - Territory in southern Africa, ruled since 1994 by the Republic of South Africa
- Southern Cone - Southernmost regions of South America, below the Tropic of Capricorn
- Spain - Territory in southwestern Europe, ruled since 1975 by the Reino de España
- Sweden - Territory in northern Europe, ruled since 1905 by the Konungariket Sverige
- Syria - Territory in southwest Asia, nominally ruled since 1961 by the al-Jumhūriyyah al-‘Arabīyah as-Sūriyyah
Other Places
- Saint Kitts and Nevis - Islands in the West Indies, ruled since 1983 by the Monarchy of Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia - Island in the West Indies, ruled since 1979 by the Monarchy of Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Islands in the West Indies, ruled since 1979 by the Monarchy of Saint Vincent and the Grenadine
- Samoa - Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean, ruled since 1997 by the Malo Sa'oloto Tuto'atasi o Sāmoa
- San Marino - Territory in south central Europe, ruled since 1631 by the Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino
- São Tomé and Príncipe - Islands off the coast of western Africa, ruled since 1975 by the República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe
- Seychelles - Archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, ruled since 1976 by Repiblik Sesel
- Sierra Leone - Territory in western Africa, ruled since 1971 by the Republic of Sierra Leone
- Slovakia - Territory in central Europe, ruled since 1993 by the Slovenská republika
- Slovenia - Territory in central Europe, ruled since 1991 by the Republika Slovenija
- Solomon Islands - Archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean, ruled since 1978 by the Monarchy of the Solomon Islands
- Sri Lanka - Island in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of India, ruled since 1972 by the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- Sudan - Territory in northeast Africa, ruled since 1956 by the Jumhūrīyat as-Sūdān
- Sudan, South - Territory in northeast Africa, nominally ruled since 2011 by the Republic of South Sudan
- Suriname - Territory in northeast South America, ruled since 1975 by the Republiek Suriname
The introductory paragraph uses material from the Wikipedia article "Location" as of 12 Sep 2018, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.