Country data South Africa

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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, Flag icon, 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 on 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
{{Flag icon|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
{{Flag icon|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

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{Flag|South Africa}} → South Africa
{{Flag icon|South Africa}} →

Using a flag variant

{{Flag|South Africa|1910}} → South Africa
{{Flag icon|South Africa|1910}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{Flag icon|ZAF}} →
{{Flag country|ZAF}} → South Africa
{{Flag|ZAF}} → ZAF

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

Template:Country data South African Republic South African Republic
Template:Country data Union of South Africa Union of South Africa

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Country data South Africa

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.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified

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