Template:Country data Democratic Republic of the Congo

Template documentation

Template:Country data Democratic Republic of the Congo is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`Democratic Republic of the Congo`	Main article name (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
`shortname alias`	`DR Congo`	(optional) Display name to be used for the wikilink, if `alias` is a disambiguated article name, for example
`flag alias`	`Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1960`		`Flag of Congo-Léopoldville (1960-1963).svg`
`1963`		`Flag of the Republic of the Congo-Léopoldville (1963–1964); Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1964–1966).svg`
`1966`		`Flag of Congo-Kinshasa (1966-1971).svg`
`1997`		`Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg`
`2003`		`Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (2003-2006).svg`

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
`COD` (view)	COD	DR Congo
`DR Congo` (view)	DR Congo	DR Congo
`Congo, Democratic Republic of the` (view)	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	DR Congo
`Congo-Kinshasa` (view)	Congo-Kinshasa	DR Congo

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} → Democratic Republic of the Congo
{{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} →
{{flagcountry|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} → DR Congo

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo|1960}} → Democratic Republic of the Congo
{{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo|1960}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|COD}} →
{{flagcountry|COD}} → DR Congo
{{flag|COD}} → COD

Military ensigns

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

{{naval|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} → Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

This nation's air force ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template:Air force produces the following:

{{air force|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} → Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

This nation's military ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template: Armed forces produces the following:

{{Armed forces|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} → Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

{{navy|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} → Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

{{army|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} → Land Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

Other information

This template is intended to be used for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is also known as DR Congo, DROC, DRC, or RDC (from its French abbreviation). Sometimes it is called Congo-Kinshasa after the capital of Kinshasa.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo borders the Central African Republic, Sudan,Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Angola, and the Republic of the Congo.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo was formerly known as the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Congo-Léopoldville, Congo-Kinshasa, and Zaire.

Republic of the Congo is a separate country.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Country data Democratic Republic of the Congo in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data Democratic Republic of the Congo

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.

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