{
  "place_id": "starobin#7929_11525",
  "wikidata": "Q2471143",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Старобін",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Starobin",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-derived names and dated national-system forms are distinguished below. Also identical to the national 2007/UN 2012 system form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Старобін",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Starobin",
      "why": "Same as in English; no separate established French form was verified.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Starobine",
          "why": "French spelling explicitly used in the history of the raïon de Salihorsk; final e reflects French reading conventions."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Starobin is a settlement in Belarus's Minsk Region near Salihorsk. It lies in the Sluch valley and gave its name to the area's potash deposit.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "French district reference uses Starobine for the former district centre; the settlement has no separate verified French article. International main Starobin retained alongside that attested French variant. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raïon_de_Salihorsk Belarusian 2007/UN 2012 system labels are dated; domestic rules changed in 2023. Independent French settlement-reference attestation is limited. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2471143 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starobin,_Belarus ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Старобін.",
  "rank": 1447,
  "slug": "starobin"
}