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Geography containing AA-AZ

Can you guess these places from around the world whose names contain the sequence of letters "aa", "ab", and so on? I have given some crossword-type clues to assist in working out the missing letters of the answers.
For example, the clue "Pot found in country with a canal" could be PAN-(am)-A.
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Last updated: October 15, 2025
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Clue
Place
AA
Smear a salad around in Tanzania's biggest city (11 letters)
Dar es Salaam
AB
Asia bartender serves up a sandy expanse in the Middle East (13)
Arabian Desert
AC
City-state which hosts a famous grand prix (6)
Monaco
AE
Country established as a Jewish homeland (6)
Israel
AF
Arctic landmass born from tectonic activity, where the distinctive feature of a shark can be seen (12)
Baffin Island
AG
Nigeria's biggest city (5)
Lagos
AH
American state that's alright (8)
Oklahoma
AI
Huge Chinese port which is the world's busiest (8)
Shanghai
AJ
1984 Winter Olympic host venue in Bosnia (8)
Sarajevo
AK
Where in Russia 22% of the world's surface fresh water is found (10)
Lake Baikal
AL
Seychelles town in a beautiful valley but with no valuable aspect (10)
Beau Vallon
AM
Major English city (10)
Birmingham
AN
An oat nirvana in capital of Madagascar (12)
Antananarivo
AO
Landlocked Asian country (4)
Laos
AP
Abrupt harm comes to a person who falls into this river of Bangladesh (11)
Brahmaputra
AQ
Nation which was home to the Babylonians (4)
Iraq
AR
City in the Minsk region where we see the way bras are manufactured (7)
Barysaw
AS
City of Trinidad (9)
Chaguanas
AT
Venezuelan city in the process of ripening, but not quite there yet (7)
Maturin
AU
Island nation in the West Pacific (5)
Palau
AV
Area of northern Europe (11)
Scandinavia
AW
Small, outlying Japanese island (7)
Okinawa
AX
Company perform surgery in cab en route to Mexican mountain (8)
Cotopaxi
AY
Sea of the Canadian Arctic where terrible hounds bay (9)
Hudson Bay
AZ
Palestinian zone by the border of Israel and Egypt (9)
Gaza Strip
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