{
  "place_id": "bakhmach#7843_11823",
  "wikidata": "Q149144",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Бахмач",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Bakhmach",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. BGN/PCGN 1965 gives the same string. ALA-LC (2011) gives the same string.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bachmach",
          "why": "Older scholarly and Central European spelling used in English historical accounts."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bakhmatsch",
          "why": "German historical transcription, relevant to English military-history bibliographies."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bahmač",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a technical search form, not an independently attested English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Bakhmatch",
      "why": "French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bachmatch",
          "why": "Older French rendering with ch for the velar sound and tch for ч; historical retrieval form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bakhmach",
          "why": "International spelling used in French references that retain Ukrainian romanization."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Bakhmach is a town in Chernihiv Oblast in northern Ukraine. It developed around a major railway junction, which also gave it strategic importance during twentieth-century conflicts.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "The modern railway town is distinct from the nearby village of Bakhmach.",
  "rank": 529,
  "slug": "bakhmach"
}