Geography starting in R, with second letters A-Z

Can you guess these names of places from around the world, with the first two letters Ra-Rz? I have given some crossword-type clues to assist in working out the missing letters of the answers.
For example, the clue "i'm found in Italian city" could be (Ro)-ME.
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Answer starting with R
A
The capital of Morocco (5 letters)
Rabat
B
Bat found in a mountainous section of Montenegro (7)
Rbatina
C
Start of road in Colorado which is a perfect square (5)
Rcr 36
D
Ice has returned, 1000 feet up this Slovenian mountain (8)
Rdeči kup
E
Brazilian city where ice has also returned, and iron (6)
Recife
F
No golf allowed at public celebration in Moroccan town (5)
Rfala
G
Polish place that is a large centre for both the NATO and ex-communist blocs (7)
Rgielew
H
Ancient town and island of Greece (6)
Rhodes
I
Large metropolis in Brazil (12)
Rio de Janeiro
J
Britain, an area where Norwegian community can be found (6)
Rjukan
K
Lake in Mauritania where second part of quiz is available (4)
R'Kiz
L
Liberian village witnesses a fight over females and deletion of naughty pictures - sex is the end result (10)
Rlekporlay
M
Town in Lebanon where a major chord is the opening of a hymn (6)
Rmaish
N
Slovenian hill located in this neck of the woods (4)
Rnek
O
Eastern EU member (7)
Romania
P
Being insistent over small details, time is lost at village in Bohemia (5)
Rpety
Q
Lebanese mountain, Er ______, where a cat is heard (6)
Rqâqât
R
Albanian town where it's forecast to freshen, with a temperature drop (7)
Rrëshen
S
Not a lot can be said for this hill in Croatia (6)
Rstalo
T
Russian town with a kind of church you'd like to go back to, but there's nothing left (10)
Rtishchevo
U
Northern land (6)
Russia
V
Azeri village of the first order (3)
Rvo
W
First real war and a part of an African nation (6)
Rwanda
X
Arroyo in Mexico named after an African country, with replacement cross (6)
Rxanda
Y
Hitler's crew are back: I get out of there and flee to a Russian city (6)
Ryazan’
Z
They come from Spain, Scotland and Zambia, across the ocean to western city of Poland (7)
Rzeszów
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