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A-Z Geography: containing "tan"

How many of these countries, regions and cities whose names contain the word "tan" can you name? Some cryptic clues have been given, to help.
For example, the clue "Turk guys make land that is a country" could be TURK-MEN-IS-(tan).
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Clue
Place
A
Central Asian city established as a capital (6 letters)
Astana
B
Himalayan nation whose hub is at Thimphu (6)
Bhutan
C
Romanian city ever-present on the Black Sea (9)
Constanța
D
Republic forming a sand gate at Russia's southernmost point (8)
Dagestan
E
Farmland town in the Philippines where I take a stance (8)
Estancia
F
Large LA suburb in the Inland Empire, whose name means "fountain" (7)
Fontana
G
Cuban city with an adjacent American military base (10)
Guantanamo
H
A placement in tiny dwelling with a couple of thousand, in a province of the D.R. Congo (11)
Haut-Katanga
I
Turkish metropolis (8)
Istanbul
J
Oriental airline fly into Swiss mountain; reports are that they had an urge to be at their Pakistan destination (14)
Jalalpur Jattan
K
Mountainous Asian nation (10)
Kyrgyzstan
L
Lost near a mountainous province of Iran (8)
Lorestan
M
U.S. state (7)
Montana
N
Run back to Muslim terrorists in Afghan province (8)
Nuristan
O
French region eroded by ice action (9)
Occitanie
P
Country with the world's 5th-highest population (8)
Pakistan
Q
Mexican state where one in five children finds a partially-built room (11)
Quintana Roo
R
A Cambodian province where a blackcurrant drink is no. 1 (10)
Ratanakiri
S
Essex site of airport and tests, named after the nearby village (8)
Stansted
T
Area of Asia described as the roof of the world (14)
Tibetan Plateau
U
Underground leader of Brunei assimilates part of you in Salvadorian region (8)
Usulután
V
Air inlet is installed as a solution in a town of Ecuador noted for its windows (8)
Ventanas
W
Whisky cookie is eaten in an eastern, strict area of Taguig, a suburb of Manila (14)
Western Bicutan
X
There's a gain to be made in Chinatown (8)
Xiangtan
Y
Mexican peninsula famous for its dinosauric disaster (7)
Yucatan
Z
Letter written at final building in town of Tibet (6)
Zetang
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