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Geography containing FA-FZ

Can you guess these places from around the world whose names contain the sequence of letters "fa", "fb", 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 "Dummies with 1,000 removed from Scottish town" could be DUM-(fr)-IES.
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Clue
Answer
FA
The Northern Irish capital (7 letters)
Belfast
FB
A fun rebuke to German town afflicted by shoplifting (10)
Kaufbeuren
FC
French town with nine castles (11)
Neufchâteau
FD
Dutch city where horse's foot is given a reverse prod (9)
Hoofddorp
FE
Elf warhead explosion in Yorkshire valley (10)
Wharfedale
FF
The capital city of Wales (7)
Cardiff
FG
Asian country (11)
Afghanistan
FH
Aha - scuff hens at sheep house in Switzerland (12)
Schaffhausen
FI
Clue found in photos of Ian's holiday to Eastern Europe (5)
Sofia
FJ
Roughen the edge of a sea inlet at Norwegian town (10)
Sandefjord
FK
Luxembourg university in partnership with Texan city (6)
Lufkin
FL
Ivorian city where Duke in uniform is set upon by troublesome flea (7)
Bouaflé
FM
Dustin takes stimulant drug in America, a Chicago suburb (14)
Hoffman Estates
FN
Computer image format held by a lock with no length, in Glasgow suburb (8)
Giffnock
FO
Site of an ancient English university (6)
Oxford
FP
Chasm on the left bank of Mississippi town (8)
Gulfport
FQ
List of common questions returns in duplicate to a Jordanian town (7)
Qafqafa
FR
Continent (6)
Africa
FS
Strange figures you leave in a German forest, by a northern bay (15)
Bay of Greifswald
FT
Geological depression running through Malawi and Ethiopia (10)
Rift Valley
FU
Expression of wonder at beautiful Greek island (5)
Corfu
FV
Ontario town of material containing nothing (11)
Stouffville
FW
Glasgow district so-named because it is equidistant from Blantyre and Cambuslang (7)
Halfway
FX
Access road near Halifax, NS, whose name includes 21 in binary (19)
Service Road HFX 101-01
FY
In a Turkish province on northern sea, an hour is a right time to spend (14)
Afyonkarahisar
FZ
There are times it's hot, and a solution is to go back inside, before a first journey to this Albanian village (9)
Xhafzotaj
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