Template:Flag

{{country data {{{1}}} | country flag2 | name = | variant = | size = }}

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This template is used to display a small flag icon next to a wikilinked country name. It is related to the {{flagicon}} template.

Usage

{{flag|country identifier|optional variant|name=alternate text string}}

• country identifier is the common name of the country (e.g. "United States"), a common alias (e.g. "US"), or a standard country code such as those listed at ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
• variant is an optional second parameter that can be used to display a flag variation, such as a historical flag. The list of variants for each country is documented on the appropriate template page, such as Template:Country data Germany
• alternate text string, specified by the name parameter, is used to display alternate text

See the prefix index for the templates latently called by this one.

Examples

Wiki markup	Displays	Notes
{{flag|United States}}	USA	Note that both instances link to USA.
{{flag|USA}}	USA
{{flag|Suomi|link=Mestaruussarja}}	Suomi	Link text to another article
{{flagicon|Suomi}} [[:Category:Suomi|Suomi]]	Suomi	If you want to link to a category or change the link text, you have to use the flagicon template
{{flagicon|Suomi}} [[Mestaruussarja]]	Mestaruussarja
{{flag|Germany}}	Deutschland	All four instances link to Deutschland.
{{flag|Deutschland}}	Deutschland
{{flag|GER}}	Deutschland
{{flag|DEU}}	Deutschland
{{flag|Schweiz|size=10px}}	Schweiz	The size parameter can be used to control the image dimensions. "Schweiz" is the default size.
{{flag|Schweiz|size=30px}}	Schweiz

See also

• Template:flagicon — displays the flag only.