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Shows a small sprite of a country flag, using icons from the [http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/flags/ famfamfam flag icon set]. 

== Usage ==

The template takes a single parameter, the [[wikipedia:ISO_3166-1_alpha-2|ISO 3166-1 alpha-2]] code of the desired country. 

* <code>US</code> — {{flag|US}} Flag of the United States of America
* <code>FR</code> — {{flag|FR}} Flag of France

Note that this may not always be the obvious code for the country. For example:

* <code>GB</code> — {{flag|GB}} Flag of the United Kingdom (Great Britain)
* <code>DE</code> — {{flag|DE}} Flag of Germany (Deutschland)
* <code>CH</code> — {{flag|CH}} Flag of Switzerland (''Confoederatio Helvetica'')

A few other flags are included for other entities, which may be used (but in most situations probably shouldn't be):

* <code>CAT</code> — {{flag|CAT}} Catalonia
* <code>EU</code> — {{flag|EU}} [[wikipedia:Flag_of_Europe|Europe]]
* <code>GB-ENGLAND</code> — {{flag|GB-ENGLAND}} England
* <code>GB-SCOTLAND</code> — {{flag|GB-SCOTLAND}} Scotland
* <code>GB-WALES</code> — {{flag|GB-WALES}} Wales

== Known problems ==

The famfamfam icon set is rather old (from 2005, in fact), and now contains some errors and omissions, including:

* <code>CD</code> — {{flag|CD}} Democratic Republic of the Congo. Modified flag in 2006.
* <code>EC</code> — {{flag|EC}} Ecuador. Icon is missing the flag's central seal (making it visually identical to the flag of {{flag|CO}} Colombia). 
* <code>EH</code> — {{flag|EH}} Western Sahara. Icon displays the flag's reverse side. 
* <code>IQ</code> — {{flag|IQ}} Iraq. Modified flag in 2008.
* <code>LS</code> — {{flag|LS}} Lesotho. Introduced new flag in 2016. 
* <code>LY</code> — {{flag|LY}} Libya. Introduced new flag in 2011. 
* <code>MM</code> — {{flag|MM}} Myanmar. Introduced new flag in 2010. 
* <code>MR</code> — {{flag|MR}} Mauritania. Modified flag in 2017. 
* <code>RS</code> — {{flag|RS}} Serbia. Modified flag in 2010.
* <code>SS</code> — South Sudan. Missing; became sovereign in 2011. 
* <code>XK</code> — Kosovo. Missing; became sovereign in 2008.