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
`1606`		`Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg`
`naval`		`Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`naval-1707`		`British-White-Ensign-1707.svg`
`royal`		`Royal Standard of England.svg`
`cipher`		`Personal flag of Queen Elizabeth II.svg`
`naval`		`Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`army`		`Flag of the British Army.svg`

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)	the United Kingdom	United Kingdom
`British` (view)	British	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|1606}} → United Kingdom
{{flagicon|United Kingdom|1606}} →

Using a redirect alias

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

Military ensigns

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

{{naval|United Kingdom}} → United Kingdom Navy
{{flagicon|United Kingdom|naval}} →

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

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

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

Template:Country data Great Britain Great Britain

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

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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