Template:Country data California

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Standard parameters

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

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1836`		`Californian Lone Star Flag (1836).svg`
`1837`		`The Santa Barbara Flag (1837).png`
`1846`		`First Bear Flag of California (1846).svg`
`1850`		`Flag of California (1850).png`
`1851`		`American Flag with Red and Yellow stripes, California.png`
`1852`		`Lone star Californian flag, July 4, 1852, Plumas County, California.png`
`1861`		`Flag of California (1861).png`
`1862`		`California's 1862 state banner.png`
`1864`		`Flag of California (1864).png`
`1870`		`Joseph Neuman's Californian flag.png`
`1886`		`California Pioneer flag (1886).png`
`1909`		`Flag of California (1909).png`
`1911`		`Flag of California (1911–1924).png`
`1912`		`Flag of California (1912).png`
`1924`		`Flag of California (1924–1953).png`
`naval`		`Flag of the United States.svg`
`navy`		`Flag of the California State Military Reserve.png`

Example usage

{{flag|California}} → California
{{flag icon|California}} →

Using a flag variant

{{flag|California|1836}} → California
{{flag icon|California|1836}} →

Military ensigns

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

{{naval|California}} → California Naval Militia
{{flag icon|California|naval}} →

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

{{air force|California}} → California Air National Guard

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

{{Armed forces|California}} → California National Guard

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

{{navy|California}} → California Naval Militia
{{flag icon|California|navy}} →

This nation's army ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template:Army produces the following:

{{army|California}} → California Army National Guard

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

Other information

Template:Country data Los Angeles	Los Angeles
Template:Country data San Francisco	San Francisco

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 California in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data California

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Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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