Template:Country data United States
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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.
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Contents
Standard parameters
Parameter name | Value | Meaning |
---|---|---|
alias |
United States
| Main article name (United States) |
flag alias |
Flag of the United States.svg |
Image name (File:Flag of the United States.svg, shown on right) |
Flag variants
Military ensigns
This nation's naval ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template:Navy produces the following:
{{navy|United States}}
→United States Navy
This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:
{{air force|United States}}
→United States Air Force
{{flagicon|United States|air force}}
→
This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Marines:
{{marines|United States}}
→United States Marine Corps
{{flagicon|United States|marines}}
→
This template includes a navy flag variant that can be used with Template:Naval:
{{naval|United States}}
→United States Navy
{{flagicon|United States|navy}}
→
This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:
{{coast guard|United States}}
→United States Coast Guard
{{flagicon|United States|coast guard}}
→
This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:
{{army|United States}}
→United States Army
{{flagicon|United States|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 |
---|---|---|
USA (view) | ![]() | ![]() |
US (view) | ![]() | ![]() |
United States of America (view) | ![]() | ![]() |
U.S. (view) | ![]() | ![]() |
See What links here for a full list of redirects.
Example usage
{{flag|United States}}
→United States
{{flagicon|United States}}
→
Using a flag variant
{{flag|United States|1776}}
→United States
{{flagicon|United States|1776}}
→
Using a redirect alias
{{flagicon|USA}}
→{{flagcountry|USA}}
→United States
{{flag|USA}}
→USA
Other information
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State flags
Country_data templates are also available for each of the fifty U.S. states and the District of Columbia:
Unincorporated territory flags
Country_data templates are also available for several organized territories of the United States. Many of the unorganized territories are either uninhabited or have no indigenous inhabitants, and also do not have unique flags. For those, please use {{flagicon|United States}}
.
Military branch flags
Country_data templates are also available for some U.S. military branches.
TemplateData
TemplateData for Country data United States
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.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |||
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No parameters specified |
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