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Geography starting in U, with second letters A-Z

Can you guess these names of places from around the world, with the first two letters Ua-Uz? I have given some crossword-type clues to assist in working out the missing letters of the answers.
For example, the clue "Alan found in Russian hills" could be (Ur)-AL.
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Answer starting with U
A
Bank of England shortly to open a branch in district of Nauru (5)
Uaboe
B
Taxi and touch down on runway at a city in Minas Gerais, Brazil (10)
Uberlândia
C
Sussex town where you see 100,000 in meadow (8)
Uckfield
D
Place where you eat in Italy (5)
Udine
E
Take the road in the general direction of Bayer site in Germany (9)
Uerdingen
F
A city in Bashkortostan, Russia (3)
Ufa
G
Headless panda seen in far-off country (6)
Uganda
H
Land ahoy - I spot a small town in Texas (6)
Uhland
I
The starting point of great ferry journey to Harris (3)
Uig
J
First after-effects become apparent on finally reaching this atoll in the Marshall Islands (4)
Ujae
K
When Britain has bad weather, go to this eastern country (7)
Ukraine
L
Germany city that has the no.1 minster in the world, measured by height (3)
Ulm
M
First effects after completing journey to northern Swedish city (4)
Umea
N
Place where you may well be right now (21)
United States of America
O
Collection of animals overheard in Japanese town (4)
Uozu
P
City in Sweden where a religious song stops before the outro (7)
Uppsala
Q
Duo get separated, one member ending up in Nigerian oilfield (4)
Uquo
R
Footballing hotbed in South America (7)
Uruguay
S
Kazakh city to which a saint came, it seems, a no-go area, running a risk from which I'm luckily removed (14)
Ust-Kamenogorsk
T
Dutch city which is right in the middle of Germany (7)
Utrecht
U
No. 1 macho man has ability, we're told, to reach Greenland outpost (9)
Uummannaq
V
Irish terrorists will go to this city of the D.R. Congo (5)
Uvira
W
A man called James emerges from a town in Japan (7)
Uwajima
X
Oxford/Cambridge clash narrowly averted in W. London town (8)
Uxbridge
Y
City of Nigeria (3)
Uyo
Z
Country a long way from the ocean (10)
Uzbekistan
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