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
`1910`		`South Africa Flag 1910-1912.svg`
`1912`		`South Africa Flag 1912-1928.svg`
`1928`		`Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg`
`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 (1959–1981).svg`
`naval-1981`		`Naval Ensign of South Africa (1981–1994).svg`
`naval`		`Naval Ensign of South Africa.svg`
`air force`		`Ensign of the South African Air Force.svg`

Military ensigns

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

{{navy|South Africa}} → South African Navy
{{flagicon|South Africa|naval}} →

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

{{air force|South Africa}} → South African Air Force
{{flagicon|South Africa|air force}} →

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
`ZAF` (view)	Template:Country data ZAF	Template:Country data ZAF
`RSA` (view)	RSA	South Africa

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

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

Using a flag variant

{{flag|South Africa|1910}} → South Africa
{{flagicon|South Africa|1910}} →

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:

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