Template:Country data Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

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Template:Country data Democratic Republic of Afghanistan 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`	`Democratic Republic of Afghanistan`	Main article name (Democratic Republic of Afghanistan)
`shortname alias`	`Afghanistan`	(optional) Display name to be used for the wikilink, if `alias` is a disambiguated article name, for example
`flag alias`	`Flag of Afghanistan (1980-1987).svg`	Image name (File:Flag of Afghanistan (1980-1987).svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1978`		`Flag of Afghanistan (1978).svg`
`1978a`		`Flag of Afghanistan (1978–1980).svg`
`1987`		`Flag of Afghanistan (1987–1992).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	`{{flagcountry\|alias}}` output
`DRA` (view)	Template:Country data DRA	Template:Country data DRA
`DR Afghanistan` (view)	Template:Country data DR Afghanistan	Template:Country data DR Afghanistan
`D.R. Afghanistan` (view)	Template:Country data D.R. Afghanistan	Template:Country data D.R. Afghanistan

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|Democratic Republic of Afghanistan}} → Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
{{flagicon|Democratic Republic of Afghanistan}} →
{{flagcountry|Democratic Republic of Afghanistan}} → Afghanistan

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Democratic Republic of Afghanistan|1978}} → Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
{{flagicon|Democratic Republic of Afghanistan|1978}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|DRA}} → Template:Country data DRA
{{flagcountry|DRA}} → Template:Country data DRA
{{flag|DRA}} → Template:Country data DRA

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Country data Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

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.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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