{
  "place_id": "fanipol#7986_11518",
  "wikidata": "Q201439",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Фаніпаль",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Fanipol",
      "why": "Established international spelling mediated by Russian Фаниполь, retained here for recognition; the Belarusian-based form is Fanipal.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Fanipal",
          "why": "Belarusian-based form; also the 2007 national geographical system form, recommended by the UN in 2012."
        },
        {
          "name": "Fanipaĺ",
          "why": "Belarusian łacinka spelling explicitly marking the final soft consonant."
        },
        {
          "name": "Fanipol’",
          "why": "Russian-based form preserving the final soft sign."
        },
        {
          "name": "Fanipol'",
          "why": "ASCII version of the soft-sign transcription."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Fanipal",
      "why": "Belarusian-based form used in French geographical reference lists, unlike the Russian-mediated English main.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Fanipol",
          "why": "Russian-based name also encountered in French geographical and industrial reporting."
        },
        {
          "name": "Fanipaĺ",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin spelling, relevant when French texts quote local-language sources."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Fanipol is an industrial town southwest of Minsk in Belarus. It developed along the railway toward Baranavichy and has become part of the wider Minsk economic area.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 515,
  "slug": "fanipol"
}