{
  "place_id": "beshenkovychi#8058_11636",
  "wikidata": "Q1033593",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Бешанковічы",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Beshankovichy",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-based forms and dated national-system spellings are distinguished below.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Beshenkovichi",
          "why": "Russian-based English name from Бешенковичи."
        },
        {
          "name": "Biešankovičy",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007), recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, not a claim that Belarus retained these domestic rules after 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bieszenkowicze",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in English regional or genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bechankovitchy",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Бешанковічы",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Bechankovitchy",
      "why": "French heading uses ch for ш and tch for ч; Belarusian Latin Biešankovičy is also explicitly quoted.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Biešankovičy",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin name explicitly quoted in French reference prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bieszenkowicze",
          "why": "Polish historical name explicitly quoted in the French locality reference."
        },
        {
          "name": "Beshankovichy",
          "why": "English international spelling for matching sources quoted in French; independent French prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Biesankovicy",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Biešankovičy for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Beshankovichy is a settlement on the Western Dvina River in the Vitebsk Region of Belarus. Its river location helped it develop as a trading centre.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Belarusian 2007/UN 2012 labels are dated; domestic rules changed in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beshankovichy ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechankovitchy.",
  "rank": 1384,
  "slug": "beshankovichy"
}