Template:Country data United Kingdom

Template documentation

Template:Country data United Kingdom is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others.

See also: Flag of United Kingdom

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 above right)

Flag variants

Further information: Flag of United Kingdom

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
1606		Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg
naval		Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
naval-1707		British-White-Ensign-1707.svg
royal		Royal Standard of England.svg
cipher		Personal flag of Queen Elizabeth II.svg
naval		Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
army		Flag of the British Army.svg

Military ensigns

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

• {{navy|United Kingdom}} → Royal Navy
• {{flagicon|United Kingdom|naval}} →

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

• {{army|United Kingdom}} → United Kingdom Army
• {{flagicon|United Kingdom|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
UK (view)	UK	United Kingdom
the United Kingdom (view)	the United Kingdom	United Kingdom
British (view)	British	United Kingdom

Example usage

• {{flag|United Kingdom}} → United Kingdom
• {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} →

Using a flag variant

• {{flag|United Kingdom|1606}} → United Kingdom
• {{flagicon|United Kingdom|1606}} →

Using a redirect alias

• {{flagicon|UK}} →
• {{flagcountry|UK}} → United Kingdom
• {{flag|UK}} → UK

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Template:Country data Great BritainGreat Britain