Template:Country data United Kingdom

Template documentation

This is the documentation for Template:Country data United Kingdom. It is automatically generated by Template:Country showdata

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

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`civil`		`Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`government`		`Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`1707`		`Naval ensign of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg`
`civil-air`		`Civil Air Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`embassy`		`British Ambassador Ensign.svg`
`consulate`		`UK-Consular.svg`
`GS`		`Government Service Ensign.svg`
`merchant`		`Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`RFA`		`British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg`
`naval`		`Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`

Naval ensign

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

{{navy|United Kingdom}} → Royal Navy
{{flagicon|United Kingdom|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
`UK (`view`)`	Template:Country data UK	Template:Country data UK
`U.K. (`view`)`	Template:Country data U.K.	Template:Country data U.K.
`the United Kingdom (`view`)`	Template:Country data the United Kingdom	Template:Country data the United Kingdom

Example usage

{{flag|United Kingdom}} → United Kingdom
{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} →

Using a flag variant

{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} → United Kingdom
{{flagicon|United Kingdom|civil}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|UK}} → Template:Country data UK
{{flagcountry|UK}} → Template:Country data UK
{{flag|UK}} → Template:Country data UK

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates: