Template:Country data South Africa

Template documentation

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.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
alias	South Africa	Main article name (South Africa)
flag alias	Flag of South Africa.svg	Image name (File:Flag of South Africa.svg, shown on 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
1982		Flag of South Africa (1982–1994).svg
naval-1922		Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
naval-1946		Naval Ensign of South Africa (1946-1951).svg
naval-1952		Naval Ensign of South Africa (1952-1981).svg
naval-1981		Naval Ensign of South Africa (1981-1994).svg
air force-1940		Ensign of the South African Air Force 1940-1951.svg
air force-1951		Ensign of the South African Air Force 1951-1958.svg
air force-1958		Ensign of the South African Air Force (1958-1967, 1970-1981).svg
air force-1967		Ensign of the South African Air Force 1967-1970.svg
air force-1981		Ensign of the South African Air Force 1981-1982.svg
air force-1982		Ensign of the South African Air Force (1982-1994).svg
air force-1994		Ensign of the South African Air Force 1994-2003.svg
army-1951		Flag of the South African Army (1951–1966).png
army-1966		Flag of the South African Army (1966–1973).png
army-1973		Flag of the South African Army (1973–1994).svg
army-1981		Ensign of the South African Defence Force (1981-1994).svg
army-1994		Flag of the South African Army (1994–2002).svg
army-2002		Flag of the South African Army (2002–2003).svg
naval		Naval Ensign of South Africa.svg
marines		Naval Ensign of South Africa.svg
military		Flag of the South African National Defence Force.svg
air force		Ensign of the South African Air Force.svg
army		Flag of the South African Army.svg

Military ensigns

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}} →
  This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:
• {{Air force|South Africa}} → South African Air Force
• {{Flagicon|South Africa|air force}} →
  This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Marines:
• {{Marines|South Africa}} → South African Maritime Reaction Squadron
• {{Flagicon|South Africa|marines}} →
  This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Armed forces:
• {{Armed forces|South Africa}} → South African National Defence Force
• {{Flagicon|South Africa|military}} →
  This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:
• {{Army|South Africa}} → South African Army
• {{Flagicon|South Africa|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
ZAF (view)	ZAF	South Africa
RSA (view)	RSA	South Africa

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

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}} →
• {{Flagcountry|ZAF}} → South Africa
• {{Flag|ZAF}} → 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

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Country data South Africa

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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