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 | 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, flag icon, and others. |
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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 |
1707 |  | Naval ensign of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg |
civil-air |  | Civil Air Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg |
embassy |  | British Ambassador Flag.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 |
RMAS |  | British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Ensign.svg |
RNLI |  | Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg |
naval-1707 | | Naval ensign of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg |
naval-GS | | Government Service Ensign.svg |
naval-merchant | | Civil 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 |
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.svg |
navy | | Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg |
air force |  | Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg |
army |  | Flag of the British Army.svg |
Redirect aliases
| Alias name | {{flag|alias}} output | {{flag country|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
{{flag icon|United Kingdom}}→
Using a flag variant
{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}→United Kingdom
{{flag icon|United Kingdom|civil}}→
Using a redirect alias
{{flag icon|UK}}→{{flag country|UK}}→{{flag|UK}}→
Military ensigns
This template includes a naval flag variant that can be used with Template:Naval:
{{naval|United Kingdom}}→Royal Navy
{{flag icon|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
{{flag icon|United Kingdom|air force}}→
This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Marines:
{{marines|United Kingdom}}→Royal Marines
{{flag icon|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
{{flag icon|United Kingdom|military}}→
This template includes an ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:
{{navy|United Kingdom}}→{{flag icon|United Kingdom|navy}}→
This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:
{{coast guard|United Kingdom}}→His Majesty's Coastguard
{{flag icon|United Kingdom|coast guard}}→
This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:
{{army|United Kingdom}}→British Army
{{flag icon|United Kingdom|army}}→
Related templates
Please see the following related country_data templates:
- Template:Country data Great Britain
- Template:Country data London
London
- Template:Country data Kingdom of Great Britain
Kingdom of Great Britain
- Template:Country data British Empire
- Template:Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Template:Country data Kingdom of England
Kingdom of England
- Template:Country data Kingdom of Scotland
Kingdom of Scotland
Other information
Country_data templates are also available for the following subdivisions and dependencies of the United Kingdom:
| Template:Country data England |  England
|
| Template:Country data Northern Ireland |  Northern Ireland
|
| Template:Country data Scotland |  Scotland
|
| Template:Country data Wales |  Wales
|
| Template:Country data Guernsey |  Guernsey
|
| Template:Country data Isle of Man |  Isle of Man
|
| Template:Country data Jersey |  Jersey
|
TemplateData
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:Flag icon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.
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