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Sangolquí is a suburb of Quito and is the seat of Rumiñahui canton in the province of Pichincha, in northern Ecuador. It is connected to Quito by the Autopista General Rumiñahui. The city is home to the prestigious university ESPE.

Rumiñahui
Quito Cotopaxi
Ecuador

Sabah is a Malaysian state occupying the northern part of the island of Borneo. It's famed for its 4,095m-tall Mount Kinabalu, the country’s highest peak, crowned with distinctive granite spires.

Sabah
Borneo, Sabah
Malaysia

Sagada is a town in the Cordillera Mountains, within the Philippines’ Mountain Province. Echo Valley’s hanging coffins are displayed high on cliffs, while centuries-old coffins are stacked in burial sites like Lumiang Cave.

Sagada
Lone, Mountain
Philippines

Sangay is an active stratovolcano in central Ecuador. It is the most active volcano in Ecuador, despite erupting only four times in recorded history, because the eruption that started in 1934 is still ongoing. It exhibits mostly strombolian activity.

Sangay
Macas Sucumbios
Ecuador

Saxon Switzerland is a hilly climbing area and national park around the Elbe valley south-east of Dresden in Saxony, Germany. Together with Bohemian Switzerland in the Czech Republic, it forms the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.

Saxon Switzerland
Dresden, Sachsen
Germany

The Sierra Madre is the longest mountain range in the Philippines. Spanning for over 540 kilometers, it runs from the province of Cagayan down to the province of Quezon, forming a north–south direction on the eastern portion of Luzon.

Sierra Madre
Manila Aurora
Philippines

Sincholagua is an inactive volcano located in Ecuador 17 km (11 mi) northeast of Cotopaxi Volcano and 45 km (28 mi) southeast of Quito. ... Due to its close proximity to Cotopaxi, the second highest peak in Ecuador and the most popular volcano.

Sincholagua
Quito Cotopaxi
Ecuador