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
`1795`		`Flag of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg`
`1801`	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg	`Flag of the United Kingdom.svg`
`1857`		`Flag of Transvaal.svg`
`1875`		`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`		`Flag of Orange River Colony.svg`
`1910`		`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`		`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`		`Naval Ensign of South Africa (1946-1951).svg`
`naval-1952`		`Naval Ensign of South Africa (1952-1981).svg`
`naval-1981`		`Naval Ensign of South Africa (1981-1994).svg`
`air force-1940`		`Ensign of the South African Air Force 1940-1951.svg`
`air force-1951`	File:Ensign of the South African Air Force 1951-1958.svg	`Ensign of the South African Air Force 1951-1958.svg`
`air force-1958`		`Ensign of the South African Air Force (1958-1967, 1970-1981).svg`
`air force-1967`		`Ensign of the South African Air Force 1967-1970.svg`
`air force-1981`		`Ensign of the South African Air Force 1981-1982.svg`
`air force-1982`		`Ensign of the South African Air Force (1982-1994).svg`
`air force-1994`		`Ensign of the South African Air Force 1994-2003.svg`
`army-1951`		`Flag of the South African Army (1951–1966).png`
`army-1966`		`Flag of the South African Army (1966–1973).png`
`army-1973`		`Flag of the South African Army (1973–1994).svg`
`army-1981`		`Ensign of the South African Defence Force (1981-1994).svg`
`army-1994`		`Flag of the South African Army (1994–2002).svg`
`army-2002`		`Flag of the South African Army (2002–2003).svg`
`naval`		`Naval Ensign of South Africa.svg`
`marines`		`Naval Ensign of South Africa.svg`
`military`	File:Flag of the South African National Defence Force.svg	`Flag of the South African National Defence Force.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}} → 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}} → File:Ensign of the South African Air Force.svg South African Air Force
{{flagicon|South Africa|air force}} → South Africa

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

{{marines|South Africa}} → South African Maritime Reaction Squadron
{{flagicon|South Africa|marines}} →

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

{{Armed forces|South Africa}} → File:Flag of the South African National Defence Force.svg South African National Defence Force
{{flagicon|South Africa|military}} → South Africa

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

{{army|South Africa}} → File:Flag of the South African Army.svg South African 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)	ZAF	South Africa
`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|1795}} → South Africa
{{flagicon|South Africa|1795}} →

Using a redirect alias

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

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

TemplateData for Country data South Africa

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 Bharatpedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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