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Geography containing SA-SZ

Can you guess these entities from around the world whose names contain the sequence of letters "sa", "sb", 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 "Combat in west of Polish city" could be WAR- (sa)-W.
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Answer
SA
West African capital (6 letters)
Bissau
SB
City of the Ruhr metropolis in Germany (8)
Duisburg
SC
Europe's largest city (6)
Moscow
SD
Eastern German city bombed in World War II (7)
Dresden
SE
The main seat of the EU, in Belgium (8)
Brussels
SF
A guy's meadow that's located at Nottinghamshire town (9)
Mansfield
SG
Scotland's largest city (7)
Glasgow
SH
Nothing plush about this town in Bhutan (12)
Phuntsholing
SI
The capital of Finland (8)
Helsinki
SJ
Joyless madmen go crazy in Iranian town, where mother hires editor, a man with a name derived from that of a Magnificent Ottoman sultan (14)
Masjed Soleymān
SK
Minimum requirement to be the Belarusian capital (5)
Minsk
SL
Scottish town where St. Mirren play, known for its pear-shaped fabric pattern (7)
Paisley
SM
A city in Eritrea which asserts a right to be a capital (6)
Asmara
SN
Main part of the country which includes Herzegovina (6)
Bosnia
SO
The state capital of Nevada, where Wentz might play his football? (10)
Carson City
SP
Barcelona suburb with the name of a medical building (11)
L'Hospitalet
SQ
Suburb of Dallas named after a desert plant which, for me, is quite significant (8)
Mesquite
SR
A-Team enforcer seen at a major city of Iraq near the mouth of the Euphrates (5)
Basra
SS
Panama actress goes on tour wearing ladies' underwear and a raincoat, in a town of East Timor (13)
Pante Macassar
ST
Paraguayan locale whose name means city of the east (13)
Ciudad del Este
SU
City of Mohammed, the first leader of Iraq (5)
Mosul
SV
Kentucky's main city, which has a French male name (10)
Louisville
SW
A tourist centre in Egypt where a first Nile dam was constructed (5)
Aswan
SX
Cobain breaks a guitar string while on tour in village of Azerbaijan (7)
Keşxurt
SY
Commune which is in SW Paris, where a mill and some waters are located (17)
Issy-les-Moulineaux
SZ
Polish city where we hear they bid with an expression of surprise (10)
Bydgoszcz
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