flag Saint Helena
stamps    islands in the South Atlantic Ocean
country map    Jamestown
--    410 sq km
--    7,317 (2002)
--    saint Helenian pound (SHP) /USD - 0.6981
   (2002)

flag Saint Kitts and Nevis
St.Kitts stamps    Caribbean
Nevis stamps    Basseterre
country map    261 sq km
--    Saint Kitts 168 sq km
--    Nevis 93 sq km
--    38,736 (2002)
--    east Caribbean dollar (XCD) /USD - 2.7000
   (fixed rate since 1976)
railways    total: - 58 km
   narrow 0.762-m gauge: 58 km

flag Saint Lucia
stamps    Caribbean
country map    Castries
--    616 sq km
--    160,145 (2002)
--    east Caribbean dollar (XCD) /USD - 2.7000
   (fixed rate since 1976)

flag Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
stamps    Caribbean
country map    Kingstown
--    389 sq km (Saint Vincent 344 sq km)
--    116,394 (2002)
--    east Caribbean dollar (XCD) /USD - 2.7000
   (fixed rate since 1976)

flag San Marino
stamps    Southern Europe
country map    San Marino
--    61.2 sq km
--    27,730 (2002)
--    euro (EUR) /USD - 1.1324
   ( Jan. 2002)

flag Sao Tome and Principe
stamps    Western Africa
country map    Sao Tome
--    1,001 sq km
--    170,372 (2002)
--    dobra (STD) /USD - 9,009.1
   (2001)

flag Senegal
stamps    Western Africa
country map    Dakar
--    196,190 sq km
--    10,589,571 (2002)
--    communaute financiere africaine franc (XOF) /USD - 742.79
   (2002)
railways    total: - 906 km
   narrow 1.000-m gauge: 906 km
   (70 km double-tracked)

flag Sierra Leone
stamps    Western Africa
country map    Freetown
--    71,740 sq km
--    5,614,743 (2002)
--    leone (SLL) /USD - 2,212.47
   (2002)
railways    total: - 84 km
   narrow 1.067-m gauge: 84 km

flag Slovakia
stamps    Central Europe
country map    Bratislava
--    48,845 sq km
--    5,422,366 (2002)
--    slovak koruna (SKK) /USD - 47.792
   (2001)
railways    total: - 3,660 km
   broad 1.520-m gauge: 102 km
   narrow 1.000-m gauge: 46 km
   narrow 0.750-m gauge: 5 km
   standard 1.435-m gauge: 3,507 km
   (1,505 km electrified; 1,011 km double-tracked)

flag Slovenia
stamps    Central Europe
country map    Ljubljana
--    20,273 sq km
--    1,932,917 (2002)
--    tolar (SIT) /USD - 251.40
   (2002)
railways    total: - 1,201 km
   standard 1.435-m gauge: 1,201 km
   (489 km electrified)

flag Somalia
stamps    Eastern Africa
country map    Mogadishu
--    637,657 sq km
--    7,753,310 (2002)
--    somali shilling (SOS) /USD - 11,000
   (2000)

flag South Africa
stamps    Southern Africa
country map    Pretoria
--    1,219,912 sq km
--    43,647,658 (2002)
--    rand (ZAR) /USD - 11.58786
   (2002)
railways    total: - 20,384 km
   narrow 1.067-m gauge: 20,070 km
   (9,090 km electrified)
   narrow 0.610-m gauge: 314 km

flag Spain
stamps    Southwestern Europe
country map    Madrid
--    504,782 sq km
--    40,077,100 (2002)
--    euro (EUR) /USD - 1.1324
   (Jan.2002)
railways    total: - 15,171 km
   broad 1.668-m gauge: 12,781 km
   (6,434 km electrified)
   standard 1.435-m gauge: 525 km
   (525 km electrified)
   narrow 1.000-m gauge: 1,837 km
   (617 km electrified)
   narrow 0.914-m gauge: 28 km
   (28 km electrified)

flag Sri Lanka
stamps    Southern Asia
country map    Colombo
note - Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital
--    65,610 sq km
--    19,576,783 (2002)
--    sri lankan rupee (LKR) / USD - 93.383
   (2002)
railways    total: - 1,463 km
   broad 1.676-m gauge: 1,404 km
   narrow 0.762-m gauge: 59 km

flag Swaziland
stamps    Southern Africa
country map    Mbabane
--    17,363 sq km
--    1,123,605 (2002)
--    lilangeni (SZL) /USD - 11.5808
   (2002)
railways    total: - 297 km
   narrow 1.067-m gauge: 297 km
   (617 km electrified)

flag Sweden
stamps    Northern Europe
country map    Stockholm
--    449,964 sq km
--    8,876,744 (2002)
--    swedish krona (SEK) /USD - 10.4381
   (Jan.2002)
railways    total: - 12,821 km
   standard 1.435-m gauge: 12,600 km
   (7,918 km electrified)
   narrow 0.891-m gauge: 221 km

flag Switzerland
stamps    Central Europe
country map    Bern
--    41,290 sq km
--    7,301,994 (2002)
--    swiss franc (CHF) /USD - 1.6668
   (2002)
railways    total: - 4,406 km
   standard 1.435-m gauge: 3,440 km
   narrow 1.000-m gauge: 900 km
   dual gauge: 56 km (3 rail system)
   1.435-m and 1.000-m gauges

flag Suriname
stamps    Northern South America
country map    Paramaribo
--    163,270 sq km
--    436,494 (2002)
--    Surinamese guilder (SRG) per USD - 2,178.50
   (2001)
railways    total: - 166 km (single-track)
   standard 1.435-m gauge: 80 km
   narrow 1.000-m gauge: 86 km
   note: Suriname railroads are not in operation (2001)

flag Syria
stamps    Middle East
country map    Damascus
--    185,180 sq km
--    17,585,540 (2002)
--    Syrian pound (SYP) per USD - (Official rate): 11.225 (2002)
   Free market rate): 49.65 (2001)
railways    total: - 2,743 km
   standard 1.435-m gauge: 2,425 km
   narrow 1.050-m gauge: 318 km
   (2002)

countries information: "The World Factbook 2001"