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A-Z Geography: containing "van"

How many of these towns and other entities whose names contain the word "van" can you name? Some cryptic clues are sprinkled in throughout, to help.
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Clue
Place
A
Small town in Indiana, a word meaning to move forward
Advance
B
Italian village whose name means "Borough St. John"
Borgo San Giovanni
C
County of Ireland with a short name
Cavan
D
Indian city where the AA take possession of a vehicle; actor Richard then turns up
Davanagere
E
It's back to Indiana, this time for a sizeable city with a French-style suffix
Evansville
F
French town whose name translates as "Fle-town in front of Nancy"
Fleville-devant-Nancy
G
Ayrshire town where injured NFL players might be found
Girvan
H
The Cuban capital
Havana
I
Large city NE of Moscow where a bird's face might be spotted at one end of town
Ivanovo
J
British Virgin Islands district in which most of its own word is found, with a Dutch sea barrier on the other side
Jost Van Dyke
K
Comoros town; its name sounds the same as Uruguayan striker Edinson's surname
Kavani
L
Another name for the Middle East; also the French word for "raising"
Levant
M
Mr. Georgia lives in this Armenian village
Mrgavan
N
The county town of Meath, Ireland; it has a short name
Navan
O
Inland river delta in Botswana where you could go in a compact Ford car
Okavango
P
State of the USA
Pennsylvania
Q
Name of a road in Normandy that ends in the north of a Great Lake
Quevannerie
R
Finnish city famous for being the home of Santa Claus
Rovaniemi
S
Norwegian city where they say thank you at first, but always end up in a rage
Stavanger
T
Toronto neighbourhood with a two-part name, the first being a character from a Robert Burns poem, and the other the surname of snooker ace Ronnie (with no O')
Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan
U
Town in Veracruz where Bond girl might be glimpsed, if guava unrolls
Ursulo Galvan
V
Island nation in the Pacific Ocean
Vanuatu
W
Suburb of the large city in British Columbia, which is to the left of it on the map
West Vancouver
X
Vietnamese town which sounds like a mobile sun-lamp bronzing parlour
Xa Tan Van
Y
The capital of Armenia
Yerevan
Z
Six keep quiet in a city of Zimbabwe; it's the beginning of the end
Zvishavane
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