Template:Country data Samoa

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Template:Country data Samoa is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others.

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Standard parameters

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

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`colonial`		`Flag of the Samoa Trust Territory.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
`SAM` (view)	SAM	Samoa

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|Samoa}} → Samoa
{{flagicon|Samoa}} →
{{flagcountry|Samoa}} → Samoa

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Samoa|colonial}} → Samoa
{{flagicon|Samoa|colonial}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|SAM}} →
{{flagcountry|SAM}} → Samoa
{{flag|SAM}} → SAM

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

Template:Country data Western SamoaTemplate:Country data Western Samoa

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Country data Samoa

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