Geography containing IA-IZ

Can you guess these places from around the world whose names contain the sequence of letters "ia", "ib", and so on? I have given some crossword-type clues to assist in working out the missing letters of the answers.

For example, "Relaxing hydro therapy in European nation" could be SPA-(in).

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European country where rabies is rampant (6 letters)

Serbia

Stone bridges crossing an arid region of Australia (12)

Gibson Desert

Nation with the Pope as its leader (11)

Vatican City

Pacific island involved in the war (6)

Midway

The capital of Austria

Vienna

The upland area of south-central France (13)

Massif Central

The moon guided us to a lion's lair, in the largest settlement on Nauru (10)

Denigomodu

Question I repeated in the back of a car, the answer being in the far north of China (7)

Qiqihar

North coast Japanese city where a tag is put back (7)

Niigata

Country in the Pacific Ocean (4)

Fiji

Lake formed by a giant yank of two tectonic plates (10)

Tanganyika

River (4)

Nile

Dumb blonde visits city of the Central African Republic (5)

Bimbo

Country whose name contains "in" thrice (28)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

City in Crete where hare runs all over the place at the sight of a huge cat (9)

Heraklion

Upland area in Somerset (11)

Mendip Hills

A mob quiz me about African country (10)

Mozambique

Perthshire town which a bold man returns to (6)

Birnam

Five islands in the Philippines to which one might, say, go back (7)

Visayas

Town in Brunei where things are not as lumpy as in its Malaysian counterpart - more milky, rather (11)

Kuala Belait

Mexican city bordering El Paso (12)

Ciudad Juárez

Large port in Haiti where navies go for maintenance and repair (8)

Gonaïves

Spicy mince dish cooked up in far-out city of British Columbia (10)

Chilliwack

Town of faith in the French Pyrenees (4)

Foix

Last edge of baby's napkin found at town in Equatorial Guinea (8)

Ebibiyin

Place in the Sahara where Mummy might be found on holiday (4)

Giza

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