Template:Country data United States

Template documentation

Template:Country data United States 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 States`	Main article name (United States)
`flag alias`	`Flag of the United States.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of the United States.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1776`		`Flag of the United States (1776–1777).svg`
`1777`		`Flag of the United States (1777-1795).svg`
`1795`		`Flag of the United States (1795–1818).svg`
`1818`		`Flag of the United States (1818-1819).svg`
`1819`		`Flag of the United States (1819-1820).svg`
`1820`		`Flag of the United States (1820-1822).svg`
`1822`		`Flag of the United States (1822-1836).svg`
`1836`		`Flag of the United States (1836-1837).svg`
`1837`		`Flag of the United States (1837-1845).svg`
`1845`		`Flag of the United States (1845-1846).svg`
`1846`		`Flag of the United States (1846-1847).svg`
`1847`		`Flag of the United States (1847-1848).svg`
`1848`		`Flag of the United States (1848-1851).svg`
`1851`		`Flag of the United States (1851-1858).svg`
`1858`		`Flag of the United States (1858-1859).svg`
`1859`		`Flag of the United States (1859-1861).svg`
`1861`		`Flag of the United States (1861-1863).svg`
`1863`		`Flag of the United States (1863-1865).svg`
`1865`		`Flag of the United States (1865-1867).svg`
`1867`		`Flag of the United States (1867-1877).svg`
`1877`		`Flag of the United States (1877-1890).svg`
`1890`		`Flag of the United States (1890–1891).svg`
`1891`		`Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg`
`1896`		`Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg`
`1908`		`Flag of the United States (1908-1912).svg`
`1912`		`Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg`
`1959`		`Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg`
`1960`		`Flag of the United States (Pantone).svg`
`coast guard-1915`		`Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915-1953).png`
`marines-1914`		`Flag of the United States Marine Corps (1914-1939).png`
`air force`		`Flag of the United States Air Force.svg`
`army`		`Flag of the United States Army.svg`

Military ensigns

This nation's naval ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template:Navy produces the following:

{{navy|United States}} → Template:Navy

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

{{air force|United States}} → Template:Air force
{{flagicon|United States|air force}} →

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

{{army|United States}} → Template:Army
{{flagicon|United States|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
`USA` (view)	USA	United States
`US` (view)	Template:Country data US	Template:Country data US
`United States of America` (view)	Template:Country data United States of America	Template:Country data United States of America
`U.S.` (view)	Template:Country data U.S.	Template:Country data U.S.

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|United States}} → United States
{{flagicon|United States}} →

Using a flag variant

{{flag|United States|1776}} → United States
{{flagicon|United States|1776}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|USA}} →
{{flagcountry|USA}} → United States
{{flag|USA}} → USA

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools.

TemplateData for Country data United States

This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flagicon. 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