Template:Country data South Africa

Template documentation

Template:Country data South Africa 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	South Africa	Main article name (South Africa)
flag alias	Flag of South Africa.svg	Image name (File:Flag of South Africa.svg, shown above right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
1910		South Africa Flag 1910-1912.svg
1912		South Africa Flag 1912-1928.svg
1928		Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg
naval-1922		Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
naval-1946		Naval ensign of South Africa (1946-1951).svg
naval-1952		Naval Ensign of South Africa (1952-1981)-2.svg
naval-1981		Naval Ensign of South Africa (1981-1994).png
naval		Naval Ensign of South Africa.svg
air force		Ensign of the South African Air Force.svg

Military ensigns

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

• {{navy|South Africa}} → South African Navy
• {{flagicon|South Africa|naval}} →

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

• {{air force|South Africa}} → South African Air Force
• {{flagicon|South Africa|air force}} →

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
ZAF (view)	ZAF	South Africa
RSA (view)	RSA	South Africa

Example usage

• {{flag|South Africa}} → South Africa
• {{flagicon|South Africa}} →

Using a flag variant

• {{flag|South Africa|1910}} → South Africa
• {{flagicon|South Africa|1910}} →

Using a redirect alias

• {{flagicon|ZAF}} →
• {{flagcountry|ZAF}} → South Africa
• {{flag|ZAF}} → ZAF