Template:Country data Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Template:Country data Democratic Republic of the Congo 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`	`Democratic Republic of the Congo`	Main article name (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
`flag alias`	`Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1960`		`Flag of Congo Kinshasa 1960.svg`
`1963`		`Flag of Congo Kinshasa 1963.svg`
`1966`		`Flag of Congo Kinshasa 1966.svg`
`1997`		`Flag of Congo Kinshasa 1997.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
`COD` (view)	COD	Democratic Republic of the Congo
`Congo DR` (view)	Congo DR	Democratic Republic of the Congo
`Congo, Democratic Republic of the` (view)	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Democratic Republic of the Congo
`Congo-Kinshasa` (view)	Congo-Kinshasa	Democratic Republic of the Congo

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} → Democratic Republic of the Congo
{{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} →

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo|1960}} → Democratic Republic of the Congo
{{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo|1960}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|COD}} →
{{flagcountry|COD}} → Democratic Republic of the Congo
{{flag|COD}} → COD

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

Other information

This template is intended to be used for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is also known as DR Congo, DROC, DRC, or RDC (from its French abbreviation). Sometimes it is called Congo-Kinshasa after the capital of Kinshasa.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo borders the Central African Republic, Sudan,Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Angola, and the Republic of the Congo.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo was formerly known as the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Congo-Léopoldville, Congo-Kinshasa, and Zaire.

Republic of the Congo is a separate country.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Country data Democratic Republic of the Congo

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