Template:Country data United Kingdom

This is the documentation for Template:Country data United Kingdom. It is automatically generated by Template:Country showdata

Template:Country data United Kingdom is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

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Contents 1 Standard parameters 2 Flag variants 3 Military ensigns 4 Redirect aliases 5 Example usage 6 Related templates

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
alias	United Kingdom	Main article name (United Kingdom)
flag alias	Flag of the United Kingdom.svg	Image name (File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg, shown above right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
1606		Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg
naval-1707		British-White-Ensign-1707.svg
civil		Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
government		Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
naval		Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
air force	-	Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg
army		Flag of the British Army.svg

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

• {{navy|United Kingdom}} → Template:Navy
• {{flagicon|United Kingdom|naval}} →

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

• {{air force|United Kingdom}} →

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   Royal Air Force
• {{flagicon|United Kingdom|air force}} →

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This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:

• {{army|United Kingdom}} →  British Army
• {{flagicon|United Kingdom|army}} →

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	{{flag|alias}} output	{{flagcountry|alias}} output
UK (view)	UK	United Kingdom
the United Kingdom (view)	Template:Country data the United Kingdom	Template:Country data the United Kingdom

Example usage

• {{flag|United Kingdom}} →  United Kingdom
• {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} →

Using a flag variant

• {{flag|United Kingdom|1606}} →  United Kingdom
• {{flagicon|United Kingdom|1606}} →

Using a redirect alias

• {{flagicon|UK}} →
• {{flagcountry|UK}} →  United Kingdom
• {{flag|UK}} →  UK

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Template:Country data Great BritainTemplate:Country data Great Britain