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.

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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.

File:Flag of South Africa.svg

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 above right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1795`	File:Flag of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg	`Flag of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg`
`1801`	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg	`Flag of the United Kingdom.svg`
`1857`	File:Flag of Transvaal.svg	`Flag of Transvaal.svg`
`1875`	File:Flag of the Natal Colony (1875–1910).svg	`Flag of the Natal Colony (1875–1910).svg`
`1876`	File:Flag of the Cape Colony 1876-1910.svg	`Flag of the Cape Colony 1876-1910.svg`
`1902`	File:Flag of Orange River Colony.svg	`Flag of Orange River Colony.svg`
`1910`	File:South Africa Flag 1910-1912.svg	`South Africa Flag 1910-1912.svg`
`1912`	File:Red Ensign of South Africa (1912-1951).svg	`Red Ensign of South Africa (1912-1951).svg`
`1928`	File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1994).svg	`Flag of South Africa (1928–1994).svg`
`1982`	File:Flag of South Africa (1982–1994).svg	`Flag of South Africa (1982–1994).svg`
`naval-1922`	File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg	`Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`naval-1946`	File:Naval Ensign of South Africa (1946-1951).svg	`Naval Ensign of South Africa (1946-1951).svg`
`naval-1952`	File:Naval Ensign of South Africa (1952-1981).svg	`Naval Ensign of South Africa (1952-1981).svg`
`naval-1981`	File:Naval Ensign of South Africa (1981-1994).svg	`Naval Ensign of South Africa (1981-1994).svg`
`air force-1940`	File:Ensign of the South African Air Force 1940-1951.svg	`Ensign of the South African Air Force 1940-1951.svg`
`naval`	File:Naval Ensign of South Africa.svg	`Naval Ensign of South Africa.svg`
`air force`	File:Ensign of the South African Air Force.svg	`Ensign of the South African Air Force.svg`
`army`	File:Flag of the South African Army.svg	`Flag of the South African Army.svg`

Military ensigns

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

{{navy|South Africa}} → Template:Navy
{{flagicon|South Africa|naval}} → South Africa

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}} → South Africa

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

{{army|South Africa}} → Template:Army
{{flagicon|South Africa|army}} → South Africa

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`)`	File:Flag of South Africa.svg RSA	Flag of South Africa South Africa

Example usage

{{flag|South Africa}} → File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
{{flagicon|South Africa}} → South Africa

Using a flag variant

{{flag|South Africa|1795}} → File:Flag of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg South Africa
{{flagicon|South Africa|1795}} → South Africa

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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