{
  "place_id": "tapa#8292_11442",
  "wikidata": "Q650577",
  "country": "EE",
  "local_name": "Tapa",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Tapa",
      "why": "Official Estonian Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Taps",
          "why": "German historical name used for the railway town before Estonian naming."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Tapa",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Taps",
          "why": "Former German name explicitly used in French locality history; the reference dates official replacement to 1920."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Tapa is a town in northern Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. Its railway junction and military garrison have strongly shaped its development.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Bare English Tapa reaches disambiguation Q295436. Correct settlement reference Tapa, Estonia and supplied Q650577 used; French Taps is historical. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapa_(Estonie) ; https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650577 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapa,_Estonia.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1659,
  "slug": "tapa"
}