{
  "place_id": "dobele#8145_11293",
  "wikidata": "Q729447",
  "country": "LV",
  "local_name": "Dobele",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Dobele",
      "why": "Official Latvian Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Doblen",
          "why": "German historical name quoted in English geographical and historical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Duobelė",
          "why": "Lithuanian name explicitly quoted in English reference data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Duobele",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Duobelė for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Dobele",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical references.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Doblen",
          "why": "German historical name indexed in French naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Duobelė",
          "why": "Lithuanian form explicitly quoted in French reference text."
        },
        {
          "name": "Duobele",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Duobelė for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Dobele is a town on the Bērze River in Latvia's Zemgale region. It is known for the ruins of a Livonian Order castle and its horticultural research gardens.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobele ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobele.",
  "rank": 1152,
  "slug": "dobele"
}