Geographic Area Name - S

Saba (Netherlands Antilles) [nwsd]

Sabah

Assigned code:

[a-my] Malaysia

UF British North Borneo

North Borneo

Sahara [fd]

UF Sahara Desert

Sahara Desert

USE Sahara

Sahel

Assigned code:

[f] Africa

Saint-Barthélemy

[Coded [nwsb] (Saint-Barthelemy) before Mar. 1988]

Assigned code:

[nwgp] Guadeloupe

UF Saint Bartholomew

Saint Barts

St. Barthélémy

Saint Bartholomew

USE Saint-Barthélemy

Saint Barts

USE Saint-Barthélemy

Saint Christopher-Nevis

USE Saint Kitts andNevis

Saint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles) [nweu]

UF Saint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)

St. Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)

Statia (Netherlands Antilles)

Saint Helena [lsxj]

UF St. Helena

Saint Kitts

Assigned code:

[nwxi] Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis [nwxi]

UF Saint Christopher and Nevis

Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla

Assigned codes:

[nwxa] Anguilla

[nwxi] Saint Kitts and Nevis

UF St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla

Saint Lawrence River

Assigned codes:

[n-cn] Canada

[n-us] United States

Saint Lucia [nwxk]

UF St. Lucia

Saint Martin [nwst]

UF Sint Maarten

St. Martin

Saint Pierre and Miquelon [n-xl]

UF Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon

St. Pierre and Miquelon

Saint Vincent

Assigned code:

[nwxm] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

UF St. Vincent

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [nwxm]

Sakha (Russia)

Assigned code:

[e-ru] Russia (Federation)

UF ÍÀkutskaíà A.S.S.R. (Russia)

Yakutia (Russia)

Sakhalin Ula (China and Russia)

USE Amur River (China and Russia)

Salvador

USE El Salvador

Salvage Islands (Madeira Islands)

USE Selvagens Islands (Madeira Islands)

Salvages (Madeira Islands)

USE Selvagens Islands (Madeira Islands)

Samar (Philippines)

Assigned code:

[a-ph] Philippines

Samoa [pows]

UF Western Samoa

Samoa (Islands)

USE Samoan Islands

Samoa, American

USE American Samoa

Samoa, Western

USE Samoa

Samoan Islands [posh]

UF Samoa (Islands)

San Marino [e-sm]

Sandwich Islands, South

USE South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

Santa Cruz Islands (Solomon Islands)

[Coded [posc] (Santa Cruz Islands) before Mar. 1988]

Assigned code:

[pobp] Solomon Islands

São Thomé e Príncipe

USE Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe [f-sf]

UF São Thomé e Príncipe

Sarawak

Assigned code:

[a-my] Malaysia

Sardinia (Italy)

Assigned code:

[e-it] Italy

Saskatchewan [n-cn-sn]

Saudi Arabia [a-su]

Scandinavia [ev]

Scotland [e-uk-st]

Selvagens Islands (Madeira Islands)

Assigned code:

[lnma] Madeira Islands

UF Salvage Islands (Madeira Islands)

Salvages (Madeira Islands)

Senegal [f-sg]

Serbia

Assigned code:

[e-yu] Yugoslavia

Seychelles [i-se]

Shan States

Assigned code:

[a-br] Burma

Shanghai (China) [a-cc-sm]

Shansi Province (China) [a-cc-sh]

Shantung Province (China) [a-cc-sp]

Shensi Province (China) [a-cc-ss]

Shetland (Scotland)

Assigned code:

[e-uk-st] Scotland

Shinnan Islands

USE Spratly Islands

Si-kiang (China)

USE West River (China)

Si River (China)

USE West River (China)

Siam

USE Thailand

Siam, Gulf of

USE Thailand, Gulf of

Siberia (Russia) [e-urs]

Siberia, Eastern (Russia) [e-ure]

UF East Siberian Region (Russia)

Eastern Siberia (Russia)

Siberia, Northeastern (Russia)

Assigned code:

[e-urs] Siberia (Russia)

Siberia, Western (Russia) [e-urw]

UF Western Siberia (Russia)

Sicily (Italy)

Assigned code:

[e-it] Italy

Sierra Leone [f-sl]

Sikkim (India)

[Coded [a-sk] (Sikkim) before Mar. 1988]

Assigned code:

[a-ii] India

Singapore [a-si]

Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region (China) [a-cc-su]

UF Hsin-chiang-wei-wu-erh tzu chih ch'ü (China)

Sint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)

USE Saint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)

Sint Maarten

USE Saint Martin

Skagerrak (Denmark and Norway)

Assigned code:

[ln] North Atlantic Ocean

Slovak Socialist Republic (Czechoslovakia)

USE Slovakia

Slovakia [e-xo]

[Coded [e-cs] (Czechoslovakia) before May 1993]

UF Slovak Socialist Republic (Czechoslovakia)

Slovenia [e-xv]

[Coded [e-yu] (Yugoslavia) before Oct. 1992]

Snowbelt States

Assigned code:

[n-us] United States

UF Frostbelt (U.S.)

Society Islands (French Polynesia)

Assigned code:

[pofp] French Polynesia

Socotra (Yemen)

[Coded [i-xo] (Socotra Island) before Mar. 1988; Coded [a-ys] (Yemen (People's Democratic Republic) before Oct. 1992]

Assigned code:

[a-ye] Yemen

UF Sokotra (Yemen)

Sokotra (Yemen)

USE Socotra (Yemen)

Solomon Islands [pobp]

[Coded also [posn] (Solomon Islands) before Mar. 1988]

UF British Solomon Islands

Somali Republic

USE Somalia

Somalia [f-so]

UF British Somaliland

Italian Somaliland

Somali Republic

Somaliland, French

USE Djibouti

Song Tíên Giang

USE Mekong River

Songhai Empire

Assigned codes:

[f-ml] Mali

[f-ng] Niger

[f-nr] Nigeria

South Africa [f-sa]

UF Africa, South

Union of South Africa

South America [s]

South Arabia, Federation of

USE Federation of South Arabia

South Asia

USE Asia, South

South Atlantic Ocean [ls]

South Atlantic States

Assigned code:

[n-usu] Southern States

UF Atlantic States, South

South Australia [u-at-sa]

South Carolina [n-us-sc]

South China Sea [ao]

South Dakota [n-us-sd]

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands [lsxs]

[Coded [lsfk] (Falkland Islands) before Oct. 1992]

UF Sandwich Islands, South

South Sandwich Islands

South Korea

USE Korea (South)

South Orkney Islands

Assigned code:

[lsfk] Falkland Islands

South Pacific Ocean [ps]

UF Pacific Ocean, South

South Sandwich Islands

[Coded [lsfk] (Falkland Islands) before Oct. 1992]

USE South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

South Shetland Islands (Antarctica)

Coded [lsfk] (Falkland Islands) before Mar. 1998]

Assigned code:

[t] Antarctica

South Vietnam

[Coded [a-vs] (Viet Nam, South) before Mar. 1988]

USE Vietnam (Republic)

South-West Africa

USE Namibia

Southeast Asia

USE Asia, Southeastern

Southeastern Asia

USE Asia, Southeastern

Southeastern Europe

USE Balkan Peninsula

Southern Africa

USE Africa, Southern

Southern Cameroons

USE Cameroon

Southern Europe

USE Europe, Southern

Southern Hemisphere [xc]

Southern Rhodesia

USE Zimbabwe

Southern Soviet Union

USE Soviet Union, Southern

Southern States [n-usu]

Southern Yemen

USE Yemen

Southwest, New [n-ust]

Southwest, Old

Assigned code:

[n-usu] Southern States

Southwestern States

Assigned codes:

[n-usu] Southern States

[n-ust] Southwest, New

Soviet Central Asia

USE Asia, Central

Soviet Far East (Russia)

[Coded [e-uro] (Soviet Central Asia) before 1994]

USE Russian Far East (Russia)

Soviet Union [e-ur]

UF Commonwealth of Independent States countries

Former Soviet republics

U.S.S.R.

Soviet Union, Northern

USE Russia, Northern

Soviet Union, Northwestern [e-urn]

UF Northwestern Soviet Union

Soviet Union, Southern

Assigned code:

[e-ur] Soviet Union

UF Southern Soviet Union

Soviet Union, Western

Assigned code:

[e-ur] Soviet Union

UF Western Soviet Union

Spain [e-sp]

Spanish Guinea

USE Equatorial Guinea

Spanish Main

Assigned code:

[cc] Caribbean Area

Spanish North Africa [f-sh]

UF Spanish Territories in Northern Morocco

Spanish Sahara

USE Western Sahara

Spanish Territories in Northern Morocco

USE Spanish North Africa

Spitsbergen Island (Norway)

Assigned code:

[lnsb] Svalbard (Norway)

UF West Spitsbergen (Norway)

Spratly Islands [aoxp]

UF Nansha Islands

Shinnan Islands

Sri Lanka [a-ce]

UF Ceylon

St. Barthélémy

USE Saint-Barthélemy

St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla

USE Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla

St. Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)

USE Saint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)

St. Helena

USE Saint Helena

St. Lucia

USE Saint Lucia

St. Martin

USE Saint Martin

St. Pierre and Miquelon

USE Saint Pierre and Miquelon

St. Vincent

USE Saint Vincent

Statia (Netherlands Antilles)

USE Saint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)

Strait of Gibraltar

USE Gibraltar, Strait of

Straits Settlements

Assigned codes:

[a-my] Malaysia

[a-si] Singapore

Sub-Saharan Africa

USE Africa, Sub-Saharan

Sudan [f-sj]

UF Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

Sudan (Region) [fn]

Sudan, French

USE Mali

Suez Canal (Egypt) [fu]

Sulawesi (Indonesia)

USE Celebes (Indonesia)

Sumatra (Indonesia)

Assigned code:

[a-io] Indonesia

Sunbelt States

Assigned codes:

[n-usu] Southern States

[n-ust] Southwest, New

and if appropriate

[n-us-hi] Hawaii

Sunda Islands, Lesser (Indonesia)

USE Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia)

Surinam [s-sr]

UF Dutch Guiana

Guiana, Dutch

Suriname

Suriname

USE Surinam

Svalbard (Norway) [lnsb]

Swan Islands (Honduras) [nwsv]

Swaziland [f-sq]

Sweden [e-sw]

Switzerland [e-sz]

Syria [a-sy]

Szechwan Province (China) [a-cc-sz]

See also:

Geographic Name Area Sequence