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.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

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
`1857`		`Flag of Transvaal.svg`
`1876`		`Flag of the Cape Colony 1876-1910.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`
`1994`	[[File:\|40px\|border]]
`2004-WFB`	[[File:\|40px\|border]]
`2013`	[[File:\|40px\|border]]
`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).png`
`army-1981`		`Ensign of the South African Defence Force (1981-1994).svg`
`naval`		`Naval Ensign of South Africa.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|Template:Str right}} → Template:Navy
{{flagicon|Template:Str right|naval}} → {{country data Template:Str right|flagicon/core|variant=naval|size=}}

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

{{air force|Template:Str right}} → Template:Air force
{{flagicon|Template:Str right|air force}} → {{country data Template:Str right|flagicon/core|variant=air force|size=}}

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:

{{army|Template:Str right}} → Template:Army
{{flagicon|Template:Str right|army}} → {{country data Template:Str right|flagicon/core|variant=army|size=}}

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	Template:Tlx output	Template:Tlx output
`ZAF` (view)	Template:Flag	Template:Flagcountry
`RSA` (view)	Template:Flag	Template:Flagcountry

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|Template:Str right}} → Template:Flag
{{flagicon|Template:Str right}} → {{country data Template:Str right|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}}

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Template:Str right|1857}} → Template:Flag
{{flagicon|Template:Str right|1857}} → {{country data Template:Str right|flagicon/core|variant=1857|size=}}

Using a redirect alias

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

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

TemplateData

Template:TemplateDataHeader

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]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified

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