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Template:Country data Nigeria 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`	`Nigeria`	Main article name (Nigeria)
`flag alias`	`Flag of Nigeria.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of Nigeria.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`state`		`Flag of Nigeria (state).svg`
`colonial`		`Flag of Nigeria (1914–1952).svg`
`civil`		`Civil Ensign of Nigeria.svg`
`naval`		`Naval Ensign of Nigeria.svg`
`military`		`Flag of the Nigerian Armed Forces.svg`
`navy`		`Naval Ensign of Nigeria.svg`
`air force`		`Air Force Ensign of Nigeria.svg`
`army`		`Flag of the Nigerian Army Headquarters.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
`NGA` (view)	NGA	Nigeria
`NGR` (view)	NGR	Nigeria

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

((flag|Nigeria)) → Nigeria
((flagicon|Nigeria)) →

Using a flag variant

((flag|Nigeria|state)) → Nigeria
((flagicon|Nigeria|state)) →

Using a redirect alias

((flagicon|NGA)) →
((flagcountry|NGA)) → Nigeria
((flag|NGA)) → NGA

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval flag variant that can be used with Template:Naval:

((naval|Nigeria)) → Nigerian Navy
((flagicon|Nigeria|naval)) →

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

((air force|Nigeria)) → Nigerian Air Force
((flagicon|Nigeria|air force)) →

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

((Armed forces|Nigeria)) → Nigerian Armed Forces
((flagicon|Nigeria|military)) →

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

((navy|Nigeria)) → Nigerian Navy
((flagicon|Nigeria|navy)) →

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

((army|Nigeria)) → Nigerian Army
((flagicon|Nigeria|army)) →

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 Nigeria in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data Nigeria

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