Template:Country data United Kingdom

Template documentation

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.

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 on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`civil`		`Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`government`		`Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`naval-RFA`		`British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg`
`naval-RMAS`		`British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Ensign.svg`
`naval-RNLI`		`Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg`
`1707`		`Flag of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg`
`naval`		`Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`marines`		`Flag of the Royal Marines.svg`
`military`		`Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg`
`coast guard`		`Flag of Her Majesty's Coastguard.png`
`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}} → Royal 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}} → Royal Air Force
{{flagicon|United Kingdom|air force}} →

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Marines:

{{marines|United Kingdom}} → Corps of Royal Marines
{{flagicon|United Kingdom|marines}} →

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Armed forces:

{{Armed forces|United Kingdom}} → British Armed Forces
{{flagicon|United Kingdom|military}} →

This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:

{{coast guard|United Kingdom}} → Her Majesty's Coastguard
{{flagicon|United Kingdom|coast guard}} →

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
`U.K.` (view)	Template:Country data U.K.	Template:Country data U.K.
`the United Kingdom` (view)	Template:Country data the United Kingdom	Template:Country data the United Kingdom

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

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

Using a flag variant

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

Using a redirect alias

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

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Country data United Kingdom

<templatedata> {

 "description": "This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flagicon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.",
 "params": {}

} </templatedata>

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