Geography containing PA-PZ

Can you guess these entities from around the world whose names contain the sequence of letters "pa", "pb", 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 "Land of wrongdoing" could be S-(pa)-IN.

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We hear about a patient friend at a city in Uganda (7 letters)

Kampala

Glasgow suburb whose name is a Scottish form of "bridges of a chessman" (12)

Bishopbriggs

City of Chile, a word referring to the miraculous pregnancy of the Virgin Mary (10)

Concepcion

Porky-sounding Massachusetts town, and a stadium in Glasgow (7)

Hampden

A range of Italian mountains containing the name of English hills (9)

Apennines

German town whose name means new market in the upper palatinate (22)

Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz

The day and hour for you to get some fresh air in town of India (8)

Dhupgari

Hang around a city of Vietnam, going in a straight line, then in a circle (8)

Haiphong

Large city of Pakistan, close to Islamabad (10)

Rawalpindi

North Macedonia's capital (6)

Skopje

A type of music to be expected in a suburb of Orlando (6)

Apopka

Italian city where planes can get into trouble (6)

Naples

On top of a church in East London (9)

Upminster

Stegosaurus body parts seen at Kazakh town (11)

Stepnogorsk

Soap Niger develops for export to Asian country (9)

Singapore

Fruit and crucifix seen on Highland peninsula (10)

Applecross

Method of checking used in industry at large Chinese town (6)

Qapqal

Californian desert resort named after trees and river sources (11)

Palm Springs

Suffolk town where internet protocol hub is developed (7)

Ipswich

English port where the Titanic set off from (11)

Southampton

Capital city of Mozambique (6)

Maputo

Winner drives vehicles through French village (9)

Champvans

City in Zimbabwe where party drug has therapeutic value (7)

Epworth

The code for Sphinx International Airport, Giza (3)

SPX

The Burmese capital (9)

Naypyidaw

This was one of the biggest cities in East Germany (7)

Leipzig

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