Template:Country data South Africa

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Template:Country data South Africa 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`	`South Africa`	Main article name (South Africa)
`flag alias`	`Flag of South Africa.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of South Africa.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1910`		`Flag_of_South_Africa_1910-1912.svg`
`1928`		`Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg`
`naval`		`Naval Ensign of South Africa.svg`
`naval`		`Naval Ensign of South Africa.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
`ZAF` (view)	ZAF	South Africa
`RSA` (view)	RSA	South Africa

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|South Africa}} → South Africa
{{flagicon|South Africa}} →

Using a flag variant

{{flag|South Africa|1910}} → South Africa
{{flagicon|South Africa|1910}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|ZAF}} →
{{flagcountry|ZAF}} → South Africa
{{flag|ZAF}} → ZAF

Military ensigns

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

{{naval|South Africa}} → South Africa Navy
{{flagicon|South Africa|naval}} →

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

Template:Country data Transvaal Transvaal

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 South Africa

<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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