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Location of Map caption (orange)
Template intended to simplify adding a standardized and formatted caption below a map indicating the location of something (e.g. a country), possibly referring to the map's main region and optionally also to a shown subregion. Original use within infoboxes (e.g. see articles on
European countries
). For a complete set of elements of reasonable length, a width of (minimally) 250px (without extra padding or margins) should be available.
Required parameters shown in
bold italics
| Parameter
| Description
| Default
|
|---|
| countryprefix
|
- Neither linked nor styled prefix e.g. "the" (for articles named e.g. "United Kingdom", "Czech Republic", "Netherlands").
| –
|
| country
|
- Only if the country name at the map should not be identical to the article name (e.g. "Metropolitan France").
- Template sets [[...]] (if article or redirect exists).
| <
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|
| location
|
- Only if
colour
is not used and its default is not appropriate: Description identifying
country
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location (e.g. "circled in inset")
- This parameter must never be empty; "none" suppresses it. If passed,
location_color
cannot be shown.
| –
|
| location_color
|
- Only if
description
is not used: Colour identifying
country
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location; "none" suppresses the default.
| orange
|
| region
|
- Name (or equally extremely short description) for approximately the entire area depicted by the map.
- special:
"[[Antarctica]]" shown as "on
Antarctica
",
- special:
"[[Middle East]]", "[[Arctic Circle]]" or "[[Pacific Ocean]]" shown as "in the ...",
- special:
versus any other: shown as "in ...", e.g. "[[Africa]]" shown as "in Africa"
| –
|
| region_color
|
- Colour identifying
region
; "none" suppresses the default.
| white
|
| subregion
|
- Subregion indicated within region
(only if used: aligning both region and subregion lines to the left, else single region line centered as top line)
- Must not occur without parameter
region
.
- special:
"[[EU]]" or "[[European Union]]" shown as "in the
European Union
",
- special:
versus any other: shown as "in ...", e.g. "the [[Caucasus]]" shown as "in the
Caucasus
"
| –
|
| subregion_color
|
- Colour identifying
subregion
; "none" suppresses showing the default.
| tan
|
| legend
|
- Filename of image providing a map legend.
| –
|
- Note
If
country
,
region
or
subregion
is exactly the name of a page in article space, the template automatically creates a link to it. You can still put a link here manually, using the usual syntax.
| Code
|
Raw result
(in unformatted box, compare to handling in Infobox)
|
{{map caption}}
|
|
Location of Map caption (orange)
|
|
{{map caption |region=Europe |legend=European location legend en.png}}
|
|
Location of Map caption (orange)
in
Europe
(white) ? [
Legend
]
|
|
{{map caption |countryprefix=the |region=Europe |subregion=the [[European Union]] |legend=European location legend en.png}}
|
|
|
Typical sample for an article on a European Union member that needs no "the" before its name, for otherwise identical output:
{{map caption |region=Europe |subregion=EU |legend=European location legend en.png}}
|
|
|
| Infobox usage of code
(as intended)
? in which the alignment, the padding/margins, and font are rendered differently (
this
template adjusts for
that
infobox):
|
Sample for article named 'Armenia', about a non-European country
{{Infobox Country or territory|
|common_name = Armenia
|image_map = Europe location ARM.png
|map_caption =
{{map caption}}
|(some required infobox parameters omitted from sample)
}}
Sample for article named 'Belarus', about a non-member of the EU
{{Infobox Country or territory|
|common_name = Belarus
|image_map = Europe location BLR.png
|map_caption =
{{map caption |region=Europe |legend=European location legend en.png}}
|(some required infobox parameters omitted from sample)
}}
Sample for article named 'Netherlands', about a member of the EU
{{Infobox Country or territory|
|common_name = the Netherlands
|image_map = EU location NED.png
|map_caption =
{{map caption |countryprefix=the |region=Europe |subregion=the [[European Union]] |legend=European location legend en.png}}
|(some required infobox parameters omitted from sample)
}}
|
Net result
? The three simplified samples above, shown here side by side
Net result
?
(called here without country parameter, and with placeholder values for population to prevent error messages)
:
|
 Location of Map caption (orange)
Location of Map caption (orange)
|
| Capital
| x
|
| Official languages
|
x
|
| Government
|
x
|
| Area
|
| -
|
Total
|
10 km
2
0
sq mi
|
| -
|
Density
|
10/km
2
(
0
)
0
/sq mi
|
| ????????
|
x
(
x
)
|
| Time zone
|
x
(
UTC
0
)
|
| Calling code
|
0
|
| ??????????? ????????
|
x
|
|
![Location of Map caption (orange) in Europe (white) – [Legend]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Europe_location_BLR.png/250px-Europe_location_BLR.png) Location of Map caption (orange)
in
Europe
(white) ? [
Legend
]
Location of Map caption (orange)
in
Europe
(white) ? [
Legend
]
|
| Capital
| x
|
| Official languages
|
x
|
| Government
|
x
|
| Area
|
| -
|
Total
|
10 km
2
0
sq mi
|
| -
|
Density
|
10/km
2
(
0
)
0
/sq mi
|
| ????????
|
x
(
x
)
|
| Time zone
|
x
(
UTC
0
)
|
| Calling code
|
0
|
| ??????????? ????????
|
x
|
|
![Location of the Map caption (orange) – in Europe (tan & white) – in the European Union (tan) [Legend]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/EU_location_NED.png/250px-EU_location_NED.png)
|
| Capital
| x
|
| Official languages
|
x
|
| Government
|
x
|
| Area
|
| -
|
Total
|
10 km
2
0
sq mi
|
| -
|
Density
|
10/km
2
(
0
)
0
/sq mi
|
| ????????
|
x
(
x
)
|
| Time zone
|
x
(
UTC
0
)
|
| Calling code
|
0
|
| ??????????? ????????
|
x
|
|
|
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