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Geography containing MA-MZ

Can you guess these places from around the world whose names contain the sequence of letters "ma", "mb", 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 "51 at Peruvian capital" could be Li-(ma).
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Answer
MA
Southern US state (7 letters)
Alabama
MB
Cambodian city where flying creature turns around at the sound of a loud explosion (10)
Battambang
MC
Risky peninsula to visit in eastern Russia (9)
Kamchatka
MD
District of North London, and Philadelphia (6)
Camden
ME
The country where you guys live (5)
Yemen
MF
Stupid place to get chips in southern Scotland (8)
Dumfries
MG
Use of force, a pistol, by somebody crazy back in Indian city (9)
Ramgundam
MH
Town in Massachusetts where a strange hamster lives (7)
Amherst
MI
Alaskan isle whose name means the commanding body of a navy (15)
Admiralty Island
MJ
Iraqi town where they put a double helping of marmalade on the first loaf (8)
Jamjamal
MK
Timid man who knew the way to Kazakh city (8)
Shymkent
ML
Town which is par for the course in Scotland (11)
Dunfermline
MM
Radius of safety established at grassy area in Irish county (9)
Roscommon
MN
Main part of chemical lab installed onto end of aircraft carrier in German city (8)
Chemnitz
MO
Large Italian lake about 4,000 miles from the main island of the Comoros (12)
Grande Comore
MP
Old county of old England (9)
Hampshire
MQ
You fear plateau in the end, one in Xinjiang where a great city is found (6)
Urumqi
MR
Weird guy, a man who meets me in an Armenian city (6)
Gyumri
MS
Unusual trams made using Dutch capital (9)
Amsterdam
MT
A Jordanian city where people are registered in a hospital area (8)
Ar Ramtha
MU
Kenyan city where they show affection, but not completely or universal, when married to you (6)
Kisumu
MV
On Monday you are given the answer: yes, a town in Burundi (8)
Muramvya
MW
London suburb where tedious person sells pork meat next to a forest (11)
Borehamwood
MX
Chinese oasis city where you French come to a great country (6)
Tumxuk
MY
Caribbean island bearing the name of a disciple, and a rascally Simpson (15)
Saint Barthelemy
MZ
Village in Mayotte containing oxygen and uranium, with an axis and iodine found in the vitamins (8)
M'zouazia
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