{
  "place_id": "vuhledar#7654_12069",
  "wikidata": "Q2416423",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Вугледар",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Vuhledar",
      "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": "Ugledar",
          "why": "Russian-based name common in older references and also in English war reporting."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vugledar",
          "why": "Mixed spelling using Russian-style g in a Ukrainian-looking name; not the national Ukrainian romanization. ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Вугледар",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Vouhledar",
      "why": "Ukrainian-based French press spelling, using ou for у; Ougledar remains a Russian-mediated variant.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ougledar",
          "why": "Russian-mediated French spelling used alongside Ukrainian-based Vouhledar."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vuhledar",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling retained in French sources."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Vuhledar is a coal-mining town in Donetsk Oblast southwest of Donetsk. It suffered extensive destruction during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "The prewar population in the input is not presented as current. No current control or population claim is made.",
  "rank": 670,
  "slug": "vuhledar"
}