Geography containing JA-JZ

Can you guess these places from around the world whose names contain the sequence of letters "ja", "jb", 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 "If returning, end up on Pacific island" could be FI-(ji).

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Iran jam kilo of material onto Africa's highest mountain (11 letters)

Kilimanjaro

Town in Nepal to which honey containers are sent back, with a bee at the centre of it all (8)

Rajbiraj

Shortened form of games console featuring chicken in Dutch town (7)

Wijchen

Moroccan city where you could get bored (5)

Oujda

The Bosnian capital (8)

Sarajevo

You might be here to visit a Hungarian town (9)

Újfehértó

Belgian town that seems to have a great big garden (15)

Groot-Bijgaarden

City of Pakistan where you hang around; it may be sad, but you have the right to do it (9)

Jhang Sadr

The Chinese capital (7)

Beijing

You might see an Indian city in this clue (6)

Ujjain

Going back to Arkansas from another Indian city (6)

Rajkot

South African city of the double park (14)

Vanderbijlpark

Dutch city in the province of Gelderland, near the German border (8)

Nijmegen

Mountain bird on the river that flows through this Dutch town (16)

Alphen aan den Rijn

Old port city in Ecuador (10)

Portoviejo

British rulers install sub-standard submarine detection equipment at low quality Indian city (14)

Rajpur Sonarpur

It's cool to be back with her, and you, at a rural locale in Iran which, strangely, has a dreary hue (12)

Darreh-ye Ajqu

Major city of Punjab, Pakistan (10)

Gujranwala

Colonial power in Bangladesh meet with Persian ruler at one city (8)

Rājshāhi

Outer frame of Noah's ship takes Joanne to underground Mauritanian town (7)

Akjoujt

Gambian city where you'll hear a banjo (6)

Banjul

Serbian province, derived from a word for a warlord (9)

Vojvodina

Town in Botswana where a disease-bearing fly can be seen (10)

Tsetsebjwe

For sure, Britain is a good place to drive an off-road vehicle in reverse, through a crossing - it's good to have a wee sleep after that and then you put the learner plate on and reach a junction - finally, make two 180° turns: July puke up? Likely exact, as we reach a street of Santa María Tlahuitoltepec, Mexico (22)

Calle Yukpe'Ejxki'Pyëltuu

Remove contents of the jelly, just leaving the outsides. Add the first venison and salt, special vitamin, yes, and then half the lard, and your town in Finland is ready (9)

Jyväskylä

Dutch village that sounds like a new snack where a chocolate & caramel biscuit bar has been crossed with a pretzel (7)

Twijzel

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