Template:Country data Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg

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	File:Flag of Congo-Léopoldville (1960-1963).svg	Flag of Congo-Léopoldville (1960-1963).svg
1963	File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo-Léopoldville (1963–1964); Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1964–1966).svg	Flag of the Republic of the Congo-Léopoldville (1963–1964); Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1964–1966).svg
1966	File:Flag of Congo-Kinshasa (1966-1971).svg	Flag of Congo-Kinshasa (1966-1971).svg
1997	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg	Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg
2003	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (2003-2006).svg	Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (2003-2006).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	{{flagcountry|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
• {{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} →
• {{flagcountry|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} → DR Congo

Using a flag variant

• {{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo|1960}} → Democratic Republic of the Congo
• {{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo|1960}} →

Using a redirect alias

• {{flagicon|COD}} →
• {{flagcountry|COD}} → DR Congo
• {{flag|COD}} → COD

Military ensigns

This nation's naval ensign 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:

• Template:Country data ZaireZaire
• Template:Country data Belgian CongoBelgian Congo
• Template:Country data Congo Free StateCongo Free State

Other information

This template is intended to be used for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is also known as DR Congo, DROC, DRC, or RDC (from its French abbreviation). Sometimes it is called Congo-Kinshasa after the capital of Kinshasa.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo borders the Central African Republic, Sudan,Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Angola, and the Republic of the Congo.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo was formerly known as the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Congo-Léopoldville, Congo-Kinshasa, and Zaire.

Republic of the Congo is a separate country.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Country data Democratic Republic of the Congo

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