Template:Country data United Kingdom

Template documentation

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.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
alias	United Kingdom	Main article name (United Kingdom)
flag alias	Flag of the United Kingdom.svg	Image name (File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg, shown on 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
naval-RFA		British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg
naval-RMAS		British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Ensign.svg
naval-RNLI		Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg
1707		Flag of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg
naval		Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
marines		Flag of the Royal Marines.svg
military		Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg
coast guard		Flag of Her Majesty's Coastguard.png
air force		Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg
army		Flag of the British Army.svg

Military ensigns

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

• {{Navy|United Kingdom}} → Royal Navy
• {{Flagicon|United Kingdom|naval}} →
  This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:
• {{Air force|United Kingdom}} → Royal Air Force
• {{Flagicon|United Kingdom|air force}} →
  This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Marines:
• {{Marines|United Kingdom}} → Corps of Royal Marines
• {{Flagicon|United Kingdom|marines}} →
  This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Armed forces:
• {{Armed forces|United Kingdom}} → British Armed Forces
• {{Flagicon|United Kingdom|military}} →
  This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:
• {{Coast guard|United Kingdom}} → Her Majesty's Coastguard
• {{Flagicon|United Kingdom|coast guard}} →
  This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:
• {{Army|United Kingdom}} → British Army
• {{Flagicon|United Kingdom|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
UK (view)	UK	United Kingdom
U.K. (view)	U.K.	United Kingdom
the United Kingdom (view)	the United Kingdom	United Kingdom

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

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}} →
• {{Flagcountry|UK}} → United Kingdom
• {{Flag|UK}} → UK

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Template:Country data Great BritainGreat Britain
• Template:Country data Kingdom of Great BritainKingdom of Great Britain
• Template:Country data British EmpireBritish Empire
• Template:Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
• Template:Country data Kingdom of EnglandKingdom of England
• Template:Country data Kingdom of ScotlandKingdom of Scotland

Other information

Country_data templates are also available for the following subdivisions and dependencies of the United Kingdom:

Constituent countries

Template:Country data England	England
Template:Country data Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland
Template:Country data Scotland	Scotland
Template:Country data Wales	Wales

Crown dependencies

Template:Country data Guernsey	Guernsey
Template:Country data Isle of Man	Isle of Man
Template:Country data Jersey	Jersey

British Overseas Territories

Template:Country data Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Template:Country data Anguilla	Anguilla
Template:Country data Bermuda	Bermuda
Template:Country data British Antarctic Territory	British Antarctic Territory
Template:Country data British Indian Ocean Territory	British Indian Ocean Territory
Template:Country data British Virgin Islands	British Virgin Islands
Template:Country data Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands
Template:Country data Falkland Islands	Falkland Islands
Template:Country data Gibraltar	Gibraltar
Template:Country data Montserrat	Montserrat
Template:Country data Pitcairn Islands	Pitcairn Islands
Template:Country data Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Template:Country data South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Template:Country data Turks and Caicos Islands	Turks and Caicos Islands

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Country data United Kingdom

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.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified

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