Template:Country data United States
Template documentationTemplate: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.
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
| Label | Flag image (40px) | Image name |
|---|---|---|
1912 | File:US flag 48 stars.svg | US flag 48 stars.svg |
1959 |  | US flag 49 stars.svg |
coast guard |  | Ensign of the United States Coast Guard.svg |
coast guard | | Ensign of the United States Coast Guard.svg |
air force | File:Flag of the United States Air Force.png | Flag of the United States Air Force.png |
army | File:Army flag.gif | Army flag.gif |
Military ensigns
This nation's naval ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template:Navy produces the following:
{{Navy|United States}}→ File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Navy
This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:{{Air force|United States}}→ File:Flag of the United States Air Force.png United States Air Force{{Flagicon|United States|air force}}→ United States
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}}→ File:Army flag.gif United States Army{{Flagicon|United States|army}}→ United States
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) | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
US (view) | File:Flag of the United States.svg US | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
United States of America (view) | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States of America | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
U.S. (view) | File:Flag of the United States.svg U.S. | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
See What links here for a full list of redirects.
Example usage
{{Flag|United States}}→ File:Flag of the United States.svg United States{{Flagicon|United States}}→ United States
Using a flag variant
{{Flag|United States|1912}}→ File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States{{Flagicon|United States|1912}}→ United States
Using a redirect alias
{{Flagicon|USA}}→ United States{{Flagcountry|USA}}→ File:Flag of the United States.svg United States{{Flag|USA}}→ File:Flag of the United States.svg 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.
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