diff --git a/plugin-designs/cities-internet/connectivity-map.vue b/plugin-designs/cities-internet/connectivity-map.vue
index cba469537..4745f3540 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/cities-internet/connectivity-map.vue
+++ b/plugin-designs/cities-internet/connectivity-map.vue
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import ShareButton      from '@map/components/map-controls/ShareButton.vue'
 import { resolveAssetsBase } from '@map/utils/embedBase.js'
 import { resolveMapProvider } from '@map/composables/useMapProvider.js'
 import { ensureEngineScript, engineGlobal, ensureEngineCSS, engineStylesheetUrl, engineUiLocale } from '@map/composables/useMapInstance.js'
+import { localizeBasemapLabels } from '@map/maps/localize-labels.js'
 import { resolveNamedStyle } from '@map/styles/registry.js'
 import { installRtlTextPlugin } from '@map/maps/rtl-text.js'
 // People-group dots open the SAME detail panel as Prayer Progress (doxa-simple-map): the
@@ -417,6 +418,10 @@ onMounted(async () => {
     // countries carrying a real attribution requirement (India CC BY 2.5 IN, etc).
     addMapAttribution(map, { boundaries: true })
     map.once('load', async () => {
+      // The BASEMAP's place names in the reader's language (Mapbox setLanguage / MapLibre name:<lang>),
+      // the library's own helper. useMapInstance applies it for every map built through it; this map is
+      // built raw, so it was the one map whose country and city names stayed English under ar.
+      try { localizeBasemapLabels(map, readerLang()) } catch (_) { /* a nicety lost, never a broken map */ }
       paint(map, adm0)
       selectedPin.initialize()
       await groupsLoaded