{
  "place_id": "marupe#8161_11336",
  "wikidata": "Q987175",
  "country": "LV",
  "local_name": "Mārupe",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Mārupe",
      "why": "Latvian official Latin-script name, retained in English in its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Marupe",
          "why": "Diacritic-free Latvian spelling used in English indexes."
        },
        {
          "name": "Marienbach",
          "why": "Historical German place name, relevant to local-history references rather than the current town heading."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Mārupe",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Marienbach",
          "why": "German historical name quoted in French local-history sources; limited evidence of an established French exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Marupe",
          "why": "Accent-free search form for French keyboards and older indexes; preserve the native letters in edited French."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Mārupe is a town on the southwestern edge of Riga in Latvia. Residential development and businesses around Riga Airport connect it closely with the capital.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The town and the much larger Mārupe municipality are different territorial units. Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 586,
  "slug": "marupe"
}