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This creates an entry in a table of counties in the United States. Features:

Normal usage[change source]

{{Countyrow |Name= |N= |Num= |Seat= |Data1= |Data2= ... |Data6= |Population= |Area= |Alt= }}

Required parameters[change source]

Name= is the name of the county without the word "County" as used in the link, e.g. Los Angeles County, California or Arlington County, Virginia you would use Name=Los Angeles or Name=Arlington etc.
N= is the two-digit FIPS state code of the county's state, e.g. N=04 for Arizona, N=10 for Delaware, etc. The name of the state will be composed from this number.
Num= is the three-digit fips county code for that county, e.g. N=001 or N=037 etc.
Seat= is the county seat. The state's name is included automatically in the wikilink. Can be replaced with noseat parameter (see below)
Population= is the population of the county. This must be given as a raw number without any commas, as the etmplate formats this value using the {{nts}} template.
Area= is the total area of the county:
- If this is a raw number, then the template will assume its the area in square miles, format it with {{nts}}, and also give the area in square kilometers.
- If this isn't a raw number, then the value is displayed unaltered
A map is automically generated, using the information from the parameters given, with a size of 150px. See also map and size paramets below.

Optional parameters[change source]

Type= Normally, the county link is of the form [['name' county, state|'name' county]]. If non-empty, then link becomes [['name' 'type', state|'name' 'type']].
- Notype=yes results in no addition being appended to the county name. (e.g. for City and County of Honolulu).
Noseat= is used when a county doesn't have one seat. The value of this parameter is displayed instead. (For example, a note about the lack of seat, or the details of multiple seats)
Data1=... Data6= up to six columsn of additional information can be included. Convention is to include (in the following order):
1. The county's licence plate code (where applicable)
2. County's creation date/year
3. The county's origin (which counties it was formed out of)
4. The naming history of the county name
Map= is the name of the image to used for the county map when the autmatically generated version doesn't work. The Image: prefix must not be included. Default size is 150px.
Alt= is the alt text for the map, for visually impaired readers; it is used both for automatically generated maps and for explicitly specified maps. Please see WP:ALT for more about alt text. The default alt text is Map of state highlighting {county name}.
Size= is used when 150px produces a map that is too big. Example: Size=100px
Showstate=yes results in the state's name being appended to the county name, and the full FIPS code for the county being displayed (i.e. including state two digit code).

Microformat[change source]

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the place-name and location parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. Within the hCard is a Geo microformat, which additionally makes the coordinates (latitude & longitude) parsable, so that they can be, say, looked up on a map, or downloaded to a GPS unit. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates[change source]

If the place or venue has "established", "founded", "opened" or similar dates, use {{start date}} for the earliest of those dates unless the date is before 1583 CE.

If it has a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes[change source]

hCard uses HTML classes including:

adr
agent
category
county-name
extended-address
fn
label
locality
nickname
note
org
region
street-address
uid
url
vcard

Geo is produced by calling {{coord}}, and uses HTML classes:

geo
latitude
longitude

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Precision[change source]

When giving coordinates, please use an appropriate level of precision. Do not use {{coord}}'s |name= parameter.