{
  "place_id": "yekabpils#8138_11437",
  "wikidata": "Q191120",
  "country": "LV",
  "local_name": "Jēkabpils",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Jēkabpils",
      "why": "Current Latvian Latin-script name, retained in English with its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Jakobstadt",
          "why": "German historical name used in English Baltic history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Jacobstadt",
          "why": "Older German spelling in English historical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Jakobštate",
          "why": "Older Latvian adaptation of the German name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Yakobstadt",
          "why": "Russian-mediated English historical spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Jekabpils",
          "why": "Unaccented Latvian spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Jēkabpils",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain the native Latin spelling in French. No separate established French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Jakobstadt",
          "why": "German historical name used in French accounts of Courland."
        },
        {
          "name": "Jacobstadt",
          "why": "Older German spelling in French historical material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Iakobstadt",
          "why": "Russian-mediated French historical transcription."
        },
        {
          "name": "Jekabpils",
          "why": "Unaccented search form in French plain text; retain the native diacritics in edited French."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Jēkabpils is a city on the Daugava in eastern Latvia. It brings together the historic town on one bank and Krustpils, with its castle, on the other.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Krustpils became part of Jēkabpils in 1962 but is not an exact historical synonym for the older town. Local history: https://visit.jekabpils.lv/lv/par-novadu/ . Input label 'Єкабпілс' is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling. The 1962 union is confirmed at https://visit.jekabpils.lv/en/objekti/iepazisti/apskates-vietas/location/tilts-par-daugavu/ .",
  "rank": 481,
  "slug": "jekabpils"
}