Template:Country data Brazil: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 15:06, 9 September 2026

Template documentation

This template is used on approximately 170,000 pages.
To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

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`	`Brazil`	Main article name (Brazil)
`flag alias`	`Flag of Brazil.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of Brazil.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1692`		`Flag of the Princes of Brazil.svg`
`1816`		`Flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves.svg`
`1822`		`Flag of Brazil (1822–1853).svg`
`1870`	Error creating thumbnail:	`Flag of Brazil (1853-1889).svg`
`1889`		`Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg`
`1960`		`Flag of Brazil (1960–1968).svg`
`1968`		`Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg`
`marines`		`Flag of the Brazilian Marine Corps.svg`
`navy`		`Flag of the Brazilian Navy.svg`
`air force`		`Flag of the Brazilian Air Force Command.svg`
`army`		`Flag of the Brazilian Army.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
`BRA` (view)	BRA	Brazil
`Federative Republic of Brazil` (view)	Federative Republic of Brazil	Brazil

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|Brazil}} → Brazil
{{flag icon|Brazil}} →

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Brazil|1692}} → Brazil
{{flag icon|Brazil|1692}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flag icon|BRA}} →
{{flag country|BRA}} → Brazil
{{flag|BRA}} → BRA

Military ensigns

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

{{naval|Brazil}} → Error creating thumbnail: Brazilian Navy

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

{{air force|Brazil}} → Error creating thumbnail: Brazilian Air Force
{{flag icon|Brazil|air force}} → Error creating thumbnail:

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

{{marines|Brazil}} → Error creating thumbnail: Brazilian Marine Corps
{{flag icon|Brazil|marines}} → Error creating thumbnail:

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

{{Armed forces|Brazil}} → Error creating thumbnail: Brazilian Armed Forces

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

{{navy|Brazil}} → Error creating thumbnail: Brazilian Navy
{{flag icon|Brazil|navy}} → Error creating thumbnail:

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

{{army|Brazil}} → Error creating thumbnail: Brazilian Army
{{flag icon|Brazil|army}} → Error creating thumbnail:

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 Brazil in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data Brazil

<templatedata> {

 "description": "This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flag icon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.",
 "params": {}

} </templatedata>

This is the documentation for Template:Country data Brazil. It is automatically generated by Template:Country showdata.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
Please purge the cache after making any changes to this template.
Any categories should be added to the template's /doc subpage, which does not exist yet.