{
  "place_id": "mykhanovychi#7985_11538",
  "wikidata": "Q6518335",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Міханавічы",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Mikhanavichy",
      "why": "English locality heading uses Mikhanavichy; dated national form Michanavičy is distinguished below.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Michanavičy",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007), recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, without implying unchanged domestic rules after 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mikhanovichi",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling for matching older English geographical references; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Michanowicze",
          "why": "Polish historical or community name quoted in regional references; independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Міханавічы",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Mikhanavichy",
      "why": "Same as in English; no independent French spelling verified for this Minsk-area agrotown.",
      "alternatives": []
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Mikhanavichy is a settlement southeast of Minsk in Belarus. It developed around a station on the railway towards Asipovichy.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Input Ukrainian Михановичі replaced by native Belarusian Міханавічы. English heading Mikhanavichy retained; dated national Michanavičy is an alternative. No French-style Mikhanavitchy is invented without attestation. Input population differs from the modern English reference and is omitted. National-system references are dated 2007/UN 2012; domestic rules changed in 2023. Independent French locality-prose evidence is limited. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6518335 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhanavichy_(agrotown).",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1690,
  "slug": "mikhanavichy"
}