{
  "place_id": "kostiukovychi#7963_11781",
  "wikidata": "Q955013",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Касцюковічы",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kastsyukovichy",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English geographical spelling, preferred here to the Russian-mediated form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kasciukovičy",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kostyukovichi",
          "why": "Russian-based name in English maps and industrial sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kostiukovichi",
          "why": "Alternative English rendering of the Russian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kostiukowicze",
          "why": "Polish historical spelling used in regional records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Касцюковічы",
          "why": "Belarusian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kastsioukovitchy",
      "why": "French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kostioukovitchi",
          "why": "Russian-mediated French name in geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kasciukovičy",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin geographical form in French reference tables."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kostiukowicze",
          "why": "Polish historical spelling, mainly useful in French bibliographical retrieval."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kastsyukovichy is a town in southeastern Mahilyow Region in Belarus. Cement production and the surrounding agricultural country are important to its local economy.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling. The dated 2007/UN 2012 geographical system is distinguished from Belarus’s replacement domestic rules of 2023.",
  "rank": 689,
  "slug": "kastsyukovichy"
}