{
  "place_id": "pivdennoukrainsk#7656_11731",
  "wikidata": "Q1013568",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Південноукраїнськ",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Pivdennoukrainsk",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Yuzhnoukrainsk",
          "why": "Former official name Южноукраїнськ in a widely used English spelling; replaced in October 2024."
        },
        {
          "name": "Yuzhnoukrayinsk",
          "why": "Older English romanization of the former Ukrainian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Yuzhnoukrains’k",
          "why": "Older cartographic form of the former name with a soft-sign mark."
        },
        {
          "name": "Южноукраїнськ",
          "why": "Former official Ukrainian Cyrillic name, replaced in 2024."
        },
        {
          "name": "Южноукраинск",
          "why": "Russian Cyrillic name, still encountered in Russian-language material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pivdennoukrayins’k",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN 1965 geographical romanization of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pìvdennoukraïnsʹk",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 reversible transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pivdennoukraïnsʹk",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011 library romanization of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Південноукраїнськ",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Pivdennoukrainsk",
      "why": "Current official Ukrainian Latin form selected for French readers; no settled adapted French form is assumed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ioujnooukraïnsk",
          "why": "Former name in conventional French transcription; replaced officially in October 2024."
        },
        {
          "name": "Yuzhnoukrainsk",
          "why": "English-style spelling of the former name also encountered in French nuclear-industry material."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Pivdennoukrainsk is a planned city in Mykolaiv Oblast near the Southern Bug River. It developed as the residential base for the South Ukraine nuclear power station.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Renamed by resolution 4007-IX of 9 October 2024. Proposed Hard/Gard was not the adopted name. The plant’s English name South Ukraine should not automatically be substituted for the municipality.",
  "rank": 264,
  "slug": "pivdennoukrainsk"
}