Template:Country data South Africa

This is the documentation for Template:Country data South Africa. It is automatically generated by Template:Country showdata

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. For a more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template.

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Contents 1 Standard parameters 2 Flag variants 3 Naval ensign 4 Air force ensign 5 Redirect aliases 6 Example usage 7 Related templates

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
alias	South Africa	Main article name (South Africa)
flag alias	Flag of South Africa.svg	Image name (Image:Flag of South Africa.svg, shown above right)

Flag variants

<tr><td>1910</td><td align="center">Image:South Africa Red Ensign.png</td><td>South Africa Red Ensign.png</td></tr><tr><td>1928</td><td align="center"></td><td>Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg</td></tr><tr><td>naval</td><td align="center">Image:Naval Ensign of South Africa.svg</td><td>Naval Ensign of South Africa.svg</td></tr><tr><td>air force</td><td align="center">Image:SAAF flag.png</td><td>SAAF flag.png</td></tr>

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name

Naval ensign

This template includes a naval ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

• {{navy|South Africa}} → Template:Country flagnavy
• {{flagicon|South Africa|naval}} → Image:Naval Ensign of South Africa.svg

Air force ensign

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

• {{air force|South Africa}} → Template:Air force
• {{flagicon|South Africa|air force}} → Image:SAAF flag.png

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template): <tr><td>ZAF (view)</td><td>Template:Country data ZAF</td><td>Template:Country data ZAF</td></tr><tr><td>RSA (view)</td><td>Template:Country data RSA</td><td>Template:Country data RSA</td></tr>

Alias name	{{flag|alias}} output	{{flagcountry|alias}} output

Example usage

• {{flag|South Africa}} →  South Africa
• {{flagicon|South Africa}} →

Using a flag variant

• {{flag|South Africa|1910}} → Image:South Africa Red Ensign.png South Africa
• {{flagicon|South Africa|1910}} → Image:South Africa Red Ensign.png

Using a redirect alias

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

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Template:Country data TransvaalTemplate:Country data Transvaal