Template:Country data Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Standard parameters

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

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1960`		`Flag of the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (1960–1963).svg`
`1963`		`Flag of the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (1963–1966).svg`
`1966`		`Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1966–1971).svg`
`1997`		`Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2006).svg`
`2003`		`Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2006).svg`

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	`{{flag\|alias}}` output	`{{flag country\|alias}}` output
`COD` (view)	COD	DR Congo
`DR Congo` (view)	DR Congo	DR Congo
`Congo, Democratic Republic of the` (view)	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	DR Congo
`Congo-Kinshasa` (view)	Congo-Kinshasa	DR Congo

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} → Democratic Republic of the Congo
{{flag icon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} →
{{flag country|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} → DR Congo

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo|1960}} → Democratic Republic of the Congo
{{flag icon|Democratic Republic of the Congo|1960}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flag icon|COD}} →
{{flag country|COD}} → DR Congo
{{flag|COD}} → COD

Military ensigns

This nation's naval flag is the same as its national flag, so Template:Naval produces the following:

{{naval|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} → Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

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

This nation's military ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template: Armed forces produces the following:

{{Armed forces|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} → Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

This nation's navy flag is the same as its national flag, so Template:Navy produces the following:

{{navy|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} → Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

{{army|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} → Land Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Country data Democratic Republic of the Congo in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data Democratic Republic of the Congo

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