{
  "place_id": "liuban#7933_11555",
  "wikidata": "Q200991",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Любань",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Lyuban",
      "why": "Conventional English form shared with Russian-based usage; Belarusian national Liubań is listed separately.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Liuban",
          "why": "Belarusian-based English spelling with iu for ю."
        },
        {
          "name": "Liubań",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical system (2007; UN recommendation 2012)."
        },
        {
          "name": "Luban",
          "why": "Simplified English rendering omitting the palatalization mark."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lubań",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in English historical and genealogical references to this place."
        },
        {
          "name": "Liouban",
          "why": "French-language form, useful when an English text quotes a French map, report or source title; not the English main name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Любань",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling, retained for matching local sources cited in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Liouban",
      "why": "Attested French reference spelling; iou renders ю.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lyuban",
          "why": "International spelling for matching sources cited in French."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lubań",
          "why": "Polish historical form given in French reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Luban",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Lubań for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Lyuban is a town in southern Minsk Region, Belarus. It is a district centre on the Oressa River in the northern part of the Polesia landscape.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Belarusian 2007 geographical forms are dated historical standards; no implementation of the replacement domestic instruction of 2023 is claimed.",
  "rank": 868,
  "slug": "lyuban"
}