{
  "place_id": "zastavna#7695_11436",
  "wikidata": "Q149035",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Заставна",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Zastavna",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The same string also results from BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). The same string also results from ISO 9:1995 character transliteration. The same string also results from ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zastawna",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in English regional history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Târgu Nistrului",
          "why": "Romanian wartime name used in 1941–1944, as dated in English reference text."
        },
        {
          "name": "Заставна",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        },
        {
          "name": "Targu Nistrului",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Târgu Nistrului for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Zastavna",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Târgu Nistrului",
          "why": "Romanian wartime name dated 1941–1944 in English references; retained for French historical searches."
        },
        {
          "name": "Targu Nistrului",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Târgu Nistrului for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Zastavna is a small city in the Bukovina region of Ukraine's Chernivtsi Oblast. It serves a farming area north of Chernivtsi and has historical links with both Romanian and Ukrainian cultural life.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Târgu Nistrului is dated 1941–1944 by the English locality reference; not a current Romanian or Ukrainian official main. Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastavna ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastavna.",
  "rank": 1223,
  "slug": "zastavna"
}