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Geography containing YA-YZ

Can you guess these places from around the world whose names contain the sequence of letters "ya", "yb", 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 "Advert back on a Florida beach" could be DA-(yt)-ONA.
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Last updated: December 5, 2025
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Clue
Answer
YA
The North Korean capital (9 letters)
Pyongyang
YB
Russian town of victory and organisation (6)
Vyborg
YC
Town in Buckinghamshire with a Wanderers football team (11)
High Wycombe
YD
Major city of Australia (6)
Sydney
YE
Ask about a city in Mali (5)
Kayes
YF
Perth, W.A. suburb where they're bored, lacking in energy (6)
Byford
YG
Woman encounters a guy in an eastern Wisconsin town (9)
Sheboygan
YH
Town in Chile where company deals in AI; queen drops French in (9)
Coyhaique
YI
A resort in Cyprus containing a name of a wine-growing US valley (8)
Ayia Napa
YJ
Blooming Irish village where disciple has a low-quality beer in the gardens (14)
Ballyjamesduff
YK
The capital of Iceland (9)
Reykjavik
YL
Kazakh city reachable via Kentucky axis and a twisted road (9)
Kyzylorda
YM
Up-to-date parking along length of estuary in New Zealand city (11)
New Plymouth
YN
A bang you interpret as coming from a suburb in Puerto Rico (8)
Guaynabo
YO
Male cow has run off, we hear, from a city of Zimbabwe (8)
Bulawayo
YP
Welsh town in Rhondda Cynon Taf (10)
Pontypridd
YQ
Two-word province in Oman with unusual quay laws (8)
Al Suwayq
YR
City of wheel parts in Malawi, with an unusual lab entry (8)
Blantyre
YS
Turkish city, formerly spelled Caesarea, having a link to Wilhelm the First? (7)
Kayseri
YT
Vincent will say something odd in Ukrainian city (9)
Vinnytsya
YU
Gratitude I show to the capital and central hub of Shanxi Province, China (7)
Taiyuan
YV
Common American place name, similar to a Dutch petrol company, used for a town in The Simpsons (11)
Shelbyville
YW
Old witch seen before, with a greeting, and Latin City in Ethiopia (12)
Hāgere Hiywet
YX
The height of you is measured at a town on the Mekong in Laos, yes (8)
Houayxay
YY
The beam of light hits a northern municipality in Qatar (8)
Al Rayyan
YZ
Mountainous nation in Asia (10)
Kyrgyzstan
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