{
  "place_id": "komrat#7572_11592",
  "wikidata": "Q241122",
  "country": "MD",
  "local_name": "Comrat",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Comrat",
      "why": "Official Romanian Latin-script name, retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Komrat",
          "why": "Gagauz Latin spelling and also a romanization of Russian Комрат; used in English discussions of Gagauzia."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Comrat",
      "why": "Same as in English; Comrat appears on French Foreign Ministry maps and in French references to Gagauzia.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Komrat",
          "why": "Gagauz spelling used when French texts emphasize the autonomous region’s local language."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Comrat is the administrative centre of Gagauzia in southern Moldova. The town is a focus of Gagauz cultural life and lies in an agricultural and wine-growing region.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 512,
  "slug": "comrat"
}