Geography containing TA-TZ

Can you guess these entities from around the world whose names contain the sequence of letters "ta", "tb", 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 "East of a volcano in Italy" could be E-(tn)-A.

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Nation which won its fourth World Cup in 2006 (5 letters)

Italy

Part of Brooklyn where President George appears to have been run over by a steamroller (8)

Flatbush

Town in Niger where a hound is found on an overdose, back to get you high (12)

Dogondoutchi

The capital of the Swiss canton of Uri; meaning "old town", it is the setting for the legend of William Tell (7)

Altdorf

Samoan town where show-off Steve plays the Congo-style guitar (7)

Vaitele

Carefully choose what Ford is the best for driving through a gap (7)

Watford

Stuart and his loose woman visit city of Germany (9)

Stuttgart

City in Nepal - if you type a cat, man, that should do (9)

Kathmandu

Moldovan city; also a type of Indian cuisine that some lab cooked up (5)

Balti

Atoll of misery in the Marshall Islands (5)

Wotje

You hack a tortuous route to a Russian okrug of the far east (8)

Chukotka

North African mountains; also the name for a book of maps (5)

Atlas

Island south of Sumatra, sighted and named on December 25th 1643 (15)

Christmas Island

Sicilian volcano (4)

Etna

City in Mozambique where there is no air for malaria to spread (6)

Matola

Terrible gang an undeveloped state of Palau is controlled by (8)

Ngatpang

Short montage put together in the style of a Tajik village (9)

Roshtqal'a

City of Michigan where a chaotic riot takes place (7)

Detroit

Baton was passed to African nation who won the 4x400m gold medal (8)

Botswana

Canadian capital city that you oughta visit (6)

Ottawa

Vehicle that will be the end of you in a country of the Pacific (7)

Vanuatu

Village near Arles whose name suggests an old fountain (11)

Fontvieille

Zambian city where there is a model-building set for us (5)

Kitwe

A Basque village hidden on doorstep of France (7)

Atxondo

Pennsylvania town known for its Civil War battle (10)

Gettysburg

Town in Luxembourg where a withering plant droops, it's said (5)

Wiltz

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