{
  "place_id": "klymovychi#7978_11775",
  "wikidata": "Q603249",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Клімавічы",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Klimavichy",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English geographical spelling, preferred here to the Russian-mediated form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Klimavičy",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012."
        },
        {
          "name": "Klimovichi",
          "why": "Russian-based name common in English maps and records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Klimowicze",
          "why": "Polish historical name in English accounts of the region."
        },
        {
          "name": "Клімавічы",
          "why": "Belarusian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Klimavitchy",
      "why": "French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Klimovitchi",
          "why": "Russian-mediated French name in older reference works."
        },
        {
          "name": "Klimowicze",
          "why": "Polish historical spelling retained in French source citations."
        },
        {
          "name": "Klimavičy",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin name in French geographical reference tables."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Klimavichy is a town in Mahilyow Region in eastern Belarus. It is a local administrative and food-processing centre near the border with Russia.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "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": 679,
  "slug": "klimavichy"
}