Template:Country data United States

This is the documentation for Template:Country data United States. It is automatically generated by Template:Country showdata

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

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

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Contents 1 Standard parameters 2 Flag variants 3 Military ensigns 4 Redirect aliases 5 Example usage 6 Other information

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
alias	United States	Main article name (United States)
flag alias	Flag of the United States.svg	Image name (Image:Flag of the United States.svg, shown above right)
alt attribute	Flag of the United States	(optional) alt attribute for flag image

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
1912		US flag 48 stars.svg
1959		US flag 49 stars.svg
air force		Flag of the United States Air Force.png
army		Army flag.gif

Military ensigns

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

• {{air force|United States}} →  United States Air Force
• {{flagicon|United States|air force}} →

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

• {{army|United States}} →  United States Army
• {{flagicon|United States|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
USA (view)	USA	United States
US (view)	US	United States
United States of America (view)	United States of America	United States
U.S. (view)	U.S.	United States

Example usage

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

Using a flag variant

• {{flag|United States|1912}} →  United States
• {{flagicon|United States|1912}} →

Using a redirect alias

• {{flagicon|USA}} →
• {{flagcountry|USA}} →  United States
• {{flag|USA}} →  USA

Other information

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