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`
`marines`		`Flag of the United States Marine Corps.svg`
`coast guard`		`Ensign of the United States Coast Guard.svg`
`navy`		`Flag of the United States Navy (official).svg`
`air force`		`Flag of the United States Air Force.svg`
`space force`		`Flag of the United States Space 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}} → United States Navy

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

{{air force|United States}} → United States Air Force
{{flagicon|United States|air force}} →

This template includes a space force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Space force:

{{space force|United States}} → Template:Space force
{{flagicon|United States|space force}} →

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

{{marines|United States}} → United States Marine Corps
{{flagicon|United States|marines}} →

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

{{naval|United States}} → United States Navy
{{flagicon|United States|navy}} →

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

{{coast guard|United States}} → United States Coast Guard
{{flagicon|United States|coast guard}} →

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

{{army|United States}} → United States 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

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TemplateData for Country data United States

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