Template:Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Template documentation

Template:Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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`	`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`
`RFA-1905`		`Government Service 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-RFA-1905`		`Government Service 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`
`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 of Great Britain and Northern Ireland}} → Royal Navy
{{flagicon|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|naval}} →

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

{{air force|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland}} → Royal Air Force
{{flagicon|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|air force}} →

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

{{army|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland}} → British Army
{{flagicon|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|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)	Template:Country data UK	Template:Country data UK
`U.K.` (view)	Template:Country data U.K.	Template:Country data U.K.
`the United Kingdom` (view)	Template:Country data the United Kingdom	Template:Country data the United Kingdom

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland}} → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
{{flagicon|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland}} →

Using a flag variant

{{flag|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|civil}} → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
{{flagicon|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|civil}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|UK}} → Template:Country data UK
{{flagcountry|UK}} → Template:Country data UK
{{flag|UK}} → Template:Country data UK

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

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