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Geography Mega Generator Puzzle #1

This 4 x 4 grid contains two, shaded, 3 x 3 grids, with the central four squares overlapping both grids. Rearrange the letters in each grid to make two significant 9-letter world locations (one in Europe, one in Asia), and also, drawing each letter once only from the full 16-letter grid, solve each geographical answer.
Puzzles in this series: #1, #2, #3, #4 and #5
Generator concept originator: kiwirage
Quiz by Jerry928
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Last updated: April 29, 2021
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First submittedJanuary 24, 2015
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first 9-letter location
INDONESIA
 
 
 
 
second 9-letter location
SAN MARINO
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ex-Soviet republic with Mt Ararat
on its emblem
Armenia
its internet TLD is .ir
Iran
Muscat is its capital
Oman
Nicolae Ceaușescu's and
Nadia Comăneci's country
Romania
Pacific nation that gained a day by skipping Dec 30 2011
Samoa
one-syllable US state
Maine
Hoosier state, named for its indigenous people
Indiana
Middle East's highest capital,
2300 m / 7500 ft
Sana'a
capital city since 1991 secession from Ethiopia
Asmara
hint
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Comorian capital
Moroni
capital of Lazio in Italy
Rome
Old Testament city,
Lebanon's 3rd largest
Sidon
English plateau
Yorkshire Moors
Portuguese archipelago
Madeira
Titan, Oberon, Phobos
moons
Beijing's dialect
Mandarin
zenith's antonym
nadir
seasonal movers, 40% of Tibet's population
nomads
Algeria's currency
dinar
sea west of Greece
Ionian
5 Comments
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Level 86
Jan 24, 2015
"Moors" isn't accepted.
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Level 76
Jan 24, 2015
Fixed, thanks.
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Level 65
Nov 29, 2023
Nice quiz, thanks! Maybe reduce the time limit by a bit to make it more challenging.
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Level 77
Nov 29, 2023
I was convinced it was Asia Minor...
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Level 61
Nov 29, 2023
Could you add (plural) to seasonal movers? It uses plural in the clue, but it would be nice to make it a bit more obvious.