Template:Country data Benin

Template documentation

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

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
alias	Benin	Main article name (Benin)
flag alias	Flag of Benin.svg	Image name (File:Flag of Benin.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
1975		Flag of Benin (1975-1990).svg

Military ensigns

This nation's air force ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template:Air force produces the following:

• {{air force|Benin}} → Benin Air Force
  

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

• {{Armed forces|Benin}} → Benin Armed Forces

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
BEN (view)	Template:Country data BEN	Template:Country data BEN

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

• {{flag|Benin}} → Benin
• {{flagicon|Benin}} →

Using a flag variant

• {{flag|Benin|1975}} → Benin
• {{flagicon|Benin|1975}} →

Using a redirect alias

• {{flagicon|BEN}} → Template:Country data BEN
• {{flagcountry|BEN}} → Template:Country data BEN
• {{flag|BEN}} → Template:Country data BEN

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Template:Country data DahomeyTemplate:Country data Dahomey

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TemplateData for Country data Benin

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
No parameters specified

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