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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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Clue
Answer
TA
Nation which won its fourth World Cup in 2006 (5 letters)
Italy
TB
Part of Brooklyn where President George appears to have been run over by a steamroller (8)
Flatbush
TC
Town in Niger where a hound is found on an overdose, back to get you high (12)
Dogondoutchi
TD
The capital of the Swiss canton of Uri; meaning "old town", it is the setting for the legend of William Tell (7)
Altdorf
TE
Samoan town where show-off Steve plays the Congo-style guitar (7)
Vaitele
TF
Carefully choose what Ford is the best for driving through a gap (7)
Watford
TG
Stuart and his loose woman visit city of Germany (9)
Stuttgart
TH
City in Nepal - if you type a cat, man, that should do (9)
Kathmandu
TI
Moldovan city; also a type of Indian cuisine that some lab cooked up (5)
Balti
TJ
Atoll of misery in the Marshall Islands (5)
Wotje
TK
You hack a tortuous route to a Russian okrug of the far east (8)
Chukotka
TL
North African mountains; also the name for a book of maps (5)
Atlas
TM
Island south of Sumatra, sighted and named on December 25th 1643 (15)
Christmas Island
TN
Sicilian volcano (4)
Etna
TO
City in Mozambique where there is no air for malaria to spread (6)
Matola
TP
Terrible gang an undeveloped state of Palau is controlled by (8)
Ngatpang
TQ
Short montage put together in the style of a Tajik village (9)
Roshtqal'a
TR
City of Michigan where a chaotic riot takes place (7)
Detroit
TS
Baton was passed to African nation who won the 4x400m gold medal (8)
Botswana
TT
Canadian capital city that you oughta visit (6)
Ottawa
TU
Vehicle that will be the end of you in a country of the Pacific (7)
Vanuatu
TV
Village near Arles whose name suggests an old fountain (11)
Fontvieille
TW
Zambian city where there is a model-building set for us (5)
Kitwe
TX
A Basque village hidden on doorstep of France (7)
Atxondo
TY
Pennsylvania town known for its Civil War battle (10)
Gettysburg
TZ
Town in Luxembourg where a withering plant droops, it's said (5)
Wiltz
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