Template:Country data United Kingdom

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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
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
MOD		Flag of the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom).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

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

Alias name	{{flag|alias}} output	{{flag country|alias}} output
UK (view)	Template:Country data UK	Template:Country data UK
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (view)	Template:Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Template:Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
U.K. (view)	Template:Country data U.K.	Template:Country data U.K.

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}} → Template:Country data UKTemplate:Namespace detect showall
• {{flag country|UK}} → Template:Country data UK
• {{flag|UK}} → Template:Country data UK

Military ensigns

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

• {{naval|United Kingdom}} → Template:Naval
• {{flag icon|United Kingdom|naval}} → Template:Break

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

• {{air force|United Kingdom}} → Template:Air force
• {{flag icon|United Kingdom|air force}} → Template:Break

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Marines:

• {{marines|United Kingdom}} → Template:Marines
• {{flag icon|United Kingdom|marines}} → Template:Break

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Armed forces:

• {{Armed forces|United Kingdom}} → Template:Armed forces
• {{flag icon|United Kingdom|military}} → Template:Break

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

• {{navy|United Kingdom}} → Template:Navy
• {{flag icon|United Kingdom|navy}} → Template:Break

This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:

• {{coast guard|United Kingdom}} → Template:Coast guard
• {{flag icon|United Kingdom|coast guard}} → Template:Break

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

• {{army|United Kingdom}} → Template:Army
• {{flag icon|United Kingdom|army}} →

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Template:Country data Great BritainTemplate:Country data Great Britain
• Template:Country data LondonTemplate:Country data London
• Template:Country data Kingdom of Great BritainTemplate:Country data Kingdom of Great Britain
• Template:Country data British EmpireTemplate:Country data British Empire
• Template:Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandTemplate:Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
• Template:Country data Kingdom of EnglandTemplate:Country data Kingdom of England
• Template:Country data Kingdom of ScotlandTemplate:Country data Kingdom of Scotland

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Country data United Kingdom in articles based on its 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.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified

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