Template:Country data United States

Template documentation

Template:Country data United States 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 States of America`	Main article name (United States of America)
`flag alias`	`Flag of the United States.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of the United States.svg, shown above right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1912`		`US flag 48 stars.svg`
`1959`		`US flag 49 stars.svg`
`coast guard`		`Ensign of the United States Coast Guard.svg`
`air force`		`Flag of the United States Air Force.png`
`army`		`Army flag.gif`

Military ensigns

This nation's naval ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template:Navy produces the following:

{{navy|United States of America}} → Template:Navy

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

{{air force|United States of America}} → Template:Air force
{{flagicon|United States of America|air force}} → Template:Flagicon

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

{{army|United States of America}} → Template:Army
{{flagicon|United States of America|army}} → Template:Flagicon

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
`USA (`view`)`	Template:Country data USA	Template:Flagcountry
`US (`view`)`	Template:Country data US	Template:Flagcountry
`United States (`view`)`	United States	Template:Flagcountry
`U.S. (`view`)`	Template:Country data U.S.	Template:Flagcountry

Example usage

{{flag|United States of America}} → Template:Country data United States of America
{{flagicon|United States of America}} → Template:Flagicon

Using a flag variant

{{flag|United States of America|1912}} → Template:Country data United States of America
{{flagicon|United States of America|1912}} → Template:Flagicon

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|USA}} → Template:Flagicon
{{flagcountry|USA}} → Template:Flagcountry
{{flag|USA}} → Template:Country data USA

This is the documentation for Template:Country data United States. It is automatically generated by Template:Country showdata.
Please Template:Purge after making any changes to this template.