{
  "place_id": "balakliia#7747_12046",
  "wikidata": "Q986263",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Балаклія",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Balakliia",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, romanized under the Ukrainian national system of 2010, also adopted in the BGN/PCGN agreement of 2019; selected for present-day English use.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Balakliya",
          "why": "Russian-based form widely encountered in English reporting."
        },
        {
          "name": "Balakleya",
          "why": "Alternative Russian-based English form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Balaklìâ",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 letter-for-letter transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a systematic bibliographic/search form, not a claim of established English usage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Балаклія",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Balakliia",
      "why": "Same spelling as in English; selected for current French use, without a fixed article. No place-specific Quai d’Orsay recommendation has been established here.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Balakleïa",
          "why": "Russian-based French transcription."
        },
        {
          "name": "Balaklia",
          "why": "Simplified French and international spelling."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Balakliia is a city in Kharkiv Oblast near the Siverskyi Donets. It is associated with construction-material industries and was a focus of fighting during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The English main form follows Ukrainian Балаклія. The description gives no current operational or control information. Romanization policy: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua . ISO 9 forms are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.",
  "rank": 352,
  "slug": "balakliia"
}