Template:Country data South Africa

Template documentation

This is the documentation for Template:Country data South Africa. It is automatically generated by Template:Country showdata

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.

Please purge the cache after making any changes to this template.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
alias	South Africa	Main article name (South Africa)
flag alias	Flag of South Africa.svg	Image name (Image:Flag of South Africa.svg, shown above right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
1795		Flag of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg
1801		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
1857		Flag of Transvaal.svg
1875		Flag of the Natal Colony (1875–1910).svg
1876		Flag of the Cape Colony 1876-1910.svg
1902		Flag of Orange River Colony.svg
1910		South Africa Flag 1910-1912.svg
1912		Red Ensign of South Africa (1912-1951).svg
1928		Flag of South Africa (1928–1994).svg
naval		Naval Ensign of South Africa.svg

Naval ensign

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

• {{navy|South Africa}} → South African Navy
• {{flagicon|South Africa|naval}} →

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)	Template:Country data ZAF	Template:Country data ZAF
RSA (view)	Template:Country data RSA	Template:Country data RSA

Example usage

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

Using a flag variant

• {{flag|South Africa|1795}} → South Africa
• {{flagicon|South Africa|1795}} →

Using a redirect alias

• {{flagicon|ZAF}} → Template:Country data ZAF
• {{flagcountry|ZAF}} → Template:Country data ZAF
• {{flag|ZAF}} → Template:Country data ZAF

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Template:Country data South African RepublicSouth African Republic
• Template:Country data Union of South AfricaUnion of South Africa
• Template:Country data Cape ColonyCape Colony