{
  "place_id": "svatove#7745_12119",
  "wikidata": "Q2414524",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Сватове",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Svatove",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. ISO 9:1995 gives the same string. BGN/PCGN 1965 gives the same string. ALA-LC (2011) gives the same string.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Svatovo",
          "why": "Russian-based name widely used in English maps and reporting."
        },
        {
          "name": "Svatova Luchka",
          "why": "Historical Ukrainian name, replaced by Svatove in 1923."
        },
        {
          "name": "Svatovskaya Luchka",
          "why": "Russian-mediated form of the historical name, used in older geographical records."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Svatove",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Svatovo",
          "why": "Russian-mediated form common in French accounts alongside Svatove."
        },
        {
          "name": "Svatova Loutchka",
          "why": "French-style rendering of the former Ukrainian name; historical retrieval form, not a current heading."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Svatove is a town in northern Luhansk Oblast on the Krasna River. Its railway junction connects the agricultural north of the region with the Donbas.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "The former name Svatova Luchka was replaced in 1923; this was not a recent decommunization change.",
  "rank": 532,
  "slug": "svatove"
}