Reduplicated Place Names Worldwide: Baden-Baden in Germany. Bora-Bora in Polynesia. Phi-Phi islands in Thailand. And many more.

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• Easy to remember, hard to forget. Reduplicated place names. Baden-Baden is one I know from Europe.
• Bora Bora is in French Polynesia. Phi Phi islands are in Thailand. There are many more.
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• First, here are the place names, alphabetically. Later I shall list them by country.
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• CITIES & PLACES
• Alangalang, Leyte, Philippines
• Alang-alang, Mandaue, Philippines
• Arar, Saudi Arabia
• Azaz, Syria
• Baden-Baden, Germany
• Banaybanay, Davao Oriental, Philippines
• Banay-Banay, Cabuyao, Philippines
• Barbar, Bahrain
• Baubau, Indonesia
• Bela-Bela, Limpopo Province, South Africa
• Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada
• Benabena, Papua New Guinea
• Berber, Sudan
• Bidbid, Oman
• Bío Bío River, Chile
• Blup Blup, Papua New Guinea
• Bongbong, Philippines
• Bora Bora, French Polynesia
• Botbot, Philippines
• Bud Bud, West Bengal, India
• Budge Budge, West Bengal, India
• Bulbul, Syria
• Bulo Bulo, Bolivia
• Calle-Calle, River, Chile
• Carcar, Metro Cebu, Philippines
• Cárcar, Spain
• Cascas, Peru
• Cece, Hungary
• Chake-Chake, Tanzania
• Dandan, Saipan. Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands
• Dapdap, Philippines
• Den Den, Tunisia
• Dian Dian, Guinea
• Dum Dum, West Bengal, India
• Ee, one of the Cook Islands
• Fakfak, West Papua, Indonesia
• Fengfeng Mining District, Hebei, China
• Gan Gan, Argentina
• Gargar, Armenia
• Gergere, Turkey, an ancient town lying on the eastern frontier of the Cappadocia satrapy
• Gergeri, Crete, Greece, named after the Anatolian Gergere, during the 10th-century Orthodox colonization of the island
• Gilgil, Kenya
• Gode Gode, Tanzania
• Gorom-Gorom, Burkina Faso
• Guagua, Pampanga, Philippines
• Hhohho Region, Swaziland
• Holhol, Djibouti
• Humayhumay, Philippines
• Ii, a municipality in Finland
• 'Ili'ili, on Tutuila island, American Samoa
• Iloilo (city) and Iloilo (province), Philippines
• Irong-Irong, Iloilo Province, Philippines
• Jaghjagh River, Turkey and Syria
• Jala-jala, Rizal, Philippines
• Kankan, Guinea
• Kapa Kapa, also known as Gabagaba, Papua New Guinea
• Karkar Island, Papua New Guinea
• Kerker, Tunisia
• Kila Kila, Papua New Guinea
• Kongkong River, South Sudan
• Kwekwe, Zimbabwe
• Lala, Lanao del Norte, Philippines
• Langa Langa Lagoon, Solomon Islands
• Layang-Layang island , Sabah
• Layang- Layang , Johor, Malaysia
• Llay-Llay, Chile
• Lleulleu lake, Chile
• Lomaloma, Fiji
• Loop Loop, Washington, United States
• Lulu City, Colorado, United States
• Marga Marga, province, Chile
• Musmus, Israel
• Nene, England
• Ngorongoro, Tanzania
• Nimnim Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
• Nono, Argentina
• Numa Numa, Papua New Guinea^[1]
• Onon River, Mongolia and Russia
• Pago Pago, American Samoa
• Pangpang, Philippines
• Pare-Pare, Sulawesi, Indonesia
• Paw Paw, Illinois, United States
• Paw Paw, Michigan, United States
• Paw Paw, West Virginia, United States
• Piripiri, Piauí, Brazil
• Phi Phi Islands, Thailand
• Puka-Puka, French Polynesia
• Pukapuka, Cook Islands
• Qarqar, Syria
• Quemú Quemú, Argentina
• QwaQwa, former Bantustan in South Africa; the name survives as the QwaQwa campus of the University of the Free State
• Raf Raf, Tunisia
• Safsaf, Algeria
• Safsaf, Israel
• Safsaf, Libya
• Salm-Salm, Holy Roman Empire
• Sanga-Sanga, Philippines
• Sapa-Sapa, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines
• Sa'sa', Syria
• Savusavu, Fiji
• Shanshan, Xinjiang, China, is not actually a reduplicated place name; the Chinese name consists of two characters, 鄯善, that are homophonic but distinct
• Sing Sing, New York, United States
• Sipe Sipe, Cochabamba District, Bolivia
• Songsong, Northern Mariana Islands, United States
• Tabontabon, Leyte, Philippines
• Tal Tal, South Africa^[2]
• Taltal, Chile
• Talon-Talon, Philippines
• Tan-Tan, Morocco
• Taran Taran, Pakistan
• Tartar, Azerbaijan
• Tartar, Switzerland
• Tartar Island, Antarctica
• Tata, Hungary
• Tawi-Tawi, Philippines
• Taytay, Palawan, Philippines
• Taytay, Rizal, Philippines
• Tiltil, Chile
• Tipo-Tipo, Basilan, Philippines
• Torres Torres, Spain
• Tourtour, France
• Tsili Tsili, Papua New Guinea
• Tuntum, Brazil
• Tyatya, Russia
• Walla Walla, Washington, United States
• Warawara Lake (Cochabamba), Bolivia
• Wawa, Ontario, Canada
• Wawa, Pennsylvania, United States
• Wawa, Pilar, Philippines
• Wawa, Sudan
• Wawa, Togo
• Xai-Xai, Mozambique
• Xique-Xique, Brazil
• Yaya River, Russia
• Zamzam Well, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
• Zarzar Lake, Syria
• Zaza Dam, Cuba
• Zaza Reservoir, Cuba
• Zanzan, Côte d'Ivoire
• Zorzor, Liberia

Quite a long list. I was looking for one from India. 

So I have re-sorted them by country:

COUNTRIES

ARGENTINA Gan Gan

ARMENIA

AZERBAIJAN

BAHRAIN Barbar

BOLIVIA Bulo Bulo

BRAZIL

BURKINO FASO

CANADA Bella Bella

CHILE Bio Bio river

COOK ISLANDS

CUBA Zaza dam and reservoir

DJIBOUTI

ENGLAND, UK

FIJI

FINLAND

FRENCH POLYNESIA

GERMANY Baden Baden

GREECE

HUNGARY Cece

INDIA Bud Bud Budge Budge

INDONESIA Baubau

ISRAEL Safsaf
IVORY COAST Zanzan

LIBERIA Zorzor

MALAYSIA

MOROCCO

MOZAMBIQUE

NEW GUINEA

OMAN Bidbid

PAKISTAN

PAPUA NEW GUINEA Benabena; Blup Blup

PERU

PHILIPPINES Alang-Alang; Banay-Banay; Bong Bong, Botbot

SAUDI ARABIA Arar

SOUTH AFRICA Bela-Bela

SPAIN Tores Tores

SUDAN Berber

SYRIA Azaz; Zarzar Lake

TANZANIA

THAILAND

TOGO

TURKEY

USA Paw Paw

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