Template:Country data Republic of the Congo

Template documentation

Template:Country data 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.

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.

Standard parameters

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

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1970`		`Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg`
`military`		`Flag of the Armed Forces of the Republic of the Congo.svg`

Military ensigns

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

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

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Armed forces:

{{Armed forces|Republic of the Congo}} → Armed Forces of the Republic of the Congo
{{flagicon|Republic of the Congo|military}} →

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

{{army|Republic of the Congo}} → Congolese 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
`COG` (view)	COG	Congo
`CGO` (view)	CGO	Congo
`Congo, Republic of the` (view)	Congo, Republic of the	Congo
`Congo` (view)	Congo	Congo
`Congo-Brazzaville` (view)	Congo-Brazzaville	Congo

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

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

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Republic of the Congo|1970}} → Republic of the Congo
{{flagicon|Republic of the Congo|1970}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|COG}} →
{{flagcountry|COG}} → Congo
{{flag|COG}} → COG

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see a monthly parameter usage report for this template in articles.

TemplateData for Country data 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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Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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