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{{{conventional_long_name}}} {{{native_name}}}
{{{year_start}}}–{{{year_end}}}
{{{flag_type}}} {{{symbol_type}}}
{{{image_map_caption}}}
Anthem
{{{anthem}}}
Capital	{{{capital}}}
Demonym	{{{demonym}}}
Government
• Type	{{{government_type}}}
• Motto	{{{motto}}}
President
• {{{year_leader1}}}	{{{leader1}}}
Prime minister
• {{{year_deputy1}}}	{{{deputy1}}}
Legislature	{{{legislature}}}
• Upper house	{{{house1}}}
• Lower house	{{{house2}}}
Historical era	{{{era}}}
• {{{event_pre}}}	{{{date_pre}}}
• {{{event_start}}}	{{{date_start}}} {{{year_start}}}
• {{{event1}}}	{{{date_event1}}}
• {{{event_end}}}	{{{date_end}}} {{{year_end}}}
• {{{event_post}}}	{{{date_post}}}
Political subdivisions	{{{political_subdiv}}}
Preceded by Succeeded by [[{{{p1}}}]] [[{{{s1}}}]]
Today part of	{{{today}}}
{{{footnotes}}}

This infobox is part of WikiProject Former countries run by the Subdivisions bureau. It is based on Template:Infobox former country adjusted to suit subdivisions of former countries.

NOTE: This infobox should be used if the state in question was always a subdivision of some larger entity. For all other cases, use {{Infobox former country}} to place articles into various "Former countries" categories that would not be suitable for subdivisions of former countries.
Exception: states of the Holy Roman Empire should also use {{Infobox former country}} with |empire=HRE + |status=vassal, |status=city or |status=abbey, depending on the state type.

Notes

• Many variables concern generated categories. When categories are discussed below, it is referring to this list of currently supported categories.
• This is a rather complicated template, and should be used with care to ensure functionality. Note that most fields are optional for the infobox to function correctly. If you are unsure about anything, just skip all the optional fields and ask a developer for help.
• Anyone is welcome to use the infobox. But since it is still under construction, developers may make changes to your work. This is nothing personal. Normally this is for functionality reasons, sometimes it is to test new features of the infobox.
• Some variables below may be marked as test variables. Use these with caution and remember that these variables may be changed or deleted without notice.
• Certain historical entities may inspire heated debate among some people. Neutrality and sensitivity are required when implementing this infobox.
• If you are unsure about the usage of this template, or you have any suggestions for modifications to the infobox, or if you want to know why a certain modification was made, please contact a developer or leave a comment at the talk page. Your comments and questions assist the developers in creating, improving and documenting infobox features. Your comments and questions assist the developers in creating, improving and documenting infobox features.

This infobox is under constant development. For many entries, the infobox has been implemented by one of the main developers. Other users are welcome to implement the infobox themselves, but developers might make modifications later on largely for functionality reasons.

The main developers are:

• 52 Pickup (talk)
• Domino theory (talk)
• MJCdetroit (talk)

Usage

1. Almost all fields are optional, some fields are more optional than others. It is not expected that you fill in every single field that is shown here.
2. Some fields are hidden but necessary for infobox functionality. Not all fields are displayed here.
3. If a state has a high number of leaders (>5), do not modify this template to fit them all in. It is not the intention of this infobox to do them all; that makes the infobox way too big (any extra slots added here without previous discussion will be reverted). Instead, list only the first and last title holder, with (first) or (last) placed after the person's name.
4. Some fields place the article into certain categories: see list of supported categories.
5. Area (in km²) and population statistics must be given without spaces, commas, or other code.
6. Keep event text as short as possible, ideally only 1 line in length.
7. For many entries, the infobox has been implemented by one of the main developers. Other users are welcome to implement the infobox themselves, but developers might make modifications later on, largely for functionality reasons.
8. If you are unsure about the usage of this template, or if you want to know why a certain modification was made, let us know via the template talk page. Your comments and questions assist the developers in creating, improving, and documenting infobox features.

{{Infobox former subdivision
|_noautocat             = <!-- "no" for no automatic categorization -->
|native_name            = <!-- Name in native language(s). Leave blank if name is only in English. Separate with line breaks<br> If language uses Latin characters, place name(s) in italics. -->
|conventional_long_name = <!-- Full name in English -->
|common_name            = <!-- Used to resolve location within categories and name of flags and coat of arms -->
|subdivision            = <!-- Status: see Category list on template page -->
|nation                 = <!-- The empire or country to which the entity was in a state of dependency -->
|demonym                = <!-- The name of the group of people residing there -->
|status_text            = <!-- A free text to describe status the top of the infobox. Use sparingly. -->
|government_type        = <!-- To generate categories: "Monarchy", "Republic", etc. to generate categories -->
<!-- Titles and names of the first and last leaders and their deputies -->
|title_leader           = <!-- Default: "King" for monarchy, otherwise leave blank for default "President" -->
|title_deputy           = <!-- Default: "Prime minister" -->
|leader1                = <!-- Name of leader (up to six) -->
|year_leader1           = <!-- Years served -->
|deputy1                = <!-- Name of prime minister (up to six) -->
|year_deputy1           = <!-- Years served -->
<!-- Legislature -->
|legislature            = <!-- Name of legislature -->
|house1                 = <!-- Name of first chamber -->
|house2                 = <!-- Name of second chamber -->
|type_house1            = <!-- Default: "Upper house" -->
|type_house2            = <!-- Default: "Lower house" -->
<!-- General information -->
|capital                = 
|coordinates            = <!-- Use {{Coord}} -->
|motto                  = <!-- Accepts wikilinks -->
|anthem                 = <!-- Accepts wikilinks -->
|political_subdiv       = <!-- Accepts wikilinks -->
|today                  = <!-- The countries to which this historic entity belongs today, if no more than four of these --><!-- Do NOT add flags, per MOS:INFOBOXFLAG -->
<!-- Rise and fall, events, years and dates -->
<!-- Only fill in the start/end event entry if a specific article exists. Don't just say "abolition" or "declaration". -->
|year_start             = <!-- Year of establishment -->
|year_end               = <!-- Year of disestablishment -->
|event_start            = <!-- Default: "Established" -->
|date_start             = <!-- Optional: Date of establishment-->
|event_end              = <!-- Default: "Disestablished" -->
|date_end               = <!-- Optional: Date of disestablishment -->
|event1                 = <!-- Optional: other events between "start" and "end" -->
|date_event1            = 
|event2                 = 
|date_event2            = 
|event3                 = 
|date_event3            = 
|event4                 = 
|date_event4            = 
|event5                 = 
|date_event5            = 
|life_span              = 
|era                    = <!-- Use: "Napoleonic Wars", etc. -->
|event_pre              = <!-- Optional: A crucial event that took place before before "event_start" -->
|date_pre               = 
|event_post             = <!-- Optional: A crucial event that took place before after "event_end" -->
|date_post              = 
<!-- Images -->
|image_flag             = <!-- Default: Flag of {{{common_name}}}.svg -->
|image_border           = <!-- Default: "border"; for non-rectangular flag, type "no" -->
|flag_type              = <!-- Displayed text for link under flag. Default "Flag" -->
|flag                   = <!-- Link target under flag image. Default: Flag of {{{common_name}}} -->
|image_coat             = <!-- Default: Coat of arms of {{{common_name}}}.svg -->
|symbol_type            = <!-- Displayed text for link under symbol. Default "Coat of arms" -->
|symbol                 = <!-- Link target under symbol image. Default: Coat of arms of {{{common_name}}} -->
|image_map              = 
|image_map_caption      = 
<!-- Flag navigation: Preceding and succeeding entities "p1" to "p5" and "s1" to "s8" -->
|p1                     = <!-- Name of the article for preceding entity, numbered 1–5 -->
|flag_p1                = <!-- Default: "Flag of {{{p1}}}.svg" (size 30) -->
|border_p1              = <!-- Default: "border"; for non-rectangular flag, type "no" -->
|image_p1               = <!-- Use: [[Image:Sin escudo.svg|20px|Image missing]] -->
|s1                     = <!-- Name of the article for succeeding entity, numbered 1–8 -->
|flag_s1                = <!-- Default: "Flag of {{{s1}}}.svg" (size 30) -->
|border_s1              = <!-- Default: "border"; for non-rectangular flag, type "no" -->
|image_s1               = <!-- Use: [[Image:Sin escudo.svg|20px|Image missing]] -->
<!-- Area and population of a given year (up to 5) -->
|stat_year1             = <!-- year of the statistic, specify either area, population or both, numbered 1–5 -->
|stat_area1             = <!-- area in square kilometres (w/o commas or spaces), area in square miles is calculated -->
|stat_pop1              = <!-- population (w/o commas or spaces), population density is calculated if area is also given -->
|area_lost1             = Significant areas the territory lost
|lost_to1               = Where it transferred to
|area_lost_year1        = The year it happened
|area_gained1           = Significant areas the territory gained
|gained_from1           = Where it transferred from
|area_gained_year1      = The year it happened
<!-- Governance -->
|Status                 = The status(es) the unit held
|Government             = The name of the local government
|government_type        = The category/type of local government
|Arms                   = Coat of arms (display option 2)
|arms_caption           = 
|Civic                  = Civic seal, logo or other
|civic_caption          = 
|HQ                     = Headquarters
|CodeName               = Reference code series name
|Code                   = Unique reference code for unit in the series
<!-- Subdivisions -->
|Divisions              = The name of the subdivision type it had, for example parishes or wards
|DivisionsNames         = The names of the subdivisions
|DivisionsMap           = Map of the subdivisions
|divisions_map_caption = 
<!-- Memberships -->
|membership_title1      = Type of unit it was part of
|membership1            = Name of the unit it was part of
|membership_title2      = 
|membership2            = 
|membership_title3      = 
|membership3            = 
|membership_title4      = 
|membership4            = 
|membership_title5      = 
|membership5            = 
|footnotes              = <!-- Accepts wikilinks -->
}}

Detailed instructions

These are the fields of information in the Infobox former countries template with a set of instructions on how to use them. Here is a brief explanation on how to read the table:

• Field name
  • the fields of information that carry information used by the template
• Usage
  • required means that the template will not work properly if it is excluded
  • optional means that the template will work properly without it, but available information should be entered to make it as complete as possible (actively excluding or deleting information is not endorsed just because it is called optional in this table)
• Type
  • variable means that the template will only take fixed values; this can be dates, years, numerical or according to a defined list
  • free means that the template will accept values given freely without having to adhere to the strict discipline required for variables
  • wikilink means that a working wikilink must be entered either to an article or to the file name of an image
• Value
  • examples or lists of values accepted by variables
  • free text with wikilinks means that text and wikilinks can be entered freely without the kind of restrictions that applies to variables
    • label is a short label typically fitting in a single line (no line break)
    • entry is one or a few short labels separated by commas or line breaks (no more than a few lines)
    • sentence is a short descriptive sentence (no more than a few lines)
  • free text means that text can be entered, but wikilinks must not be used
• Description
  • an instruction or a small guide how the particular field of information is used

Name
Field Name	Usage	Type	Values	Description
native_name	optional	free	label (free text)	Name in native language(s), displayed towards the top of the infobox, underneath the full name in English. If there are multiple native languages, separate different names with line breaks. If the native language is English, leave this section blank and give the name in the next field.
conventional_long_name	optional	free	label (free text)	Full name in English, displayed at the top of the infobox. Default to page name.
common_name	required	variable	country name	This variable is a supporting variable for the infobox. The value required here is not always historically factual but this variable is very important as it has a number of important uses: The value here determines how the entry is indexed within the categories that the infobox generates. Example: The "Kingdom of England" should be indexed under "E (England)" instead of "K (Kingdom)". Therefore, |common_name=England Various links within the infobox are automatically generated if a certain page exists. If the article does not exist, a more generic link is produced. If the entity discussed is normally preceded by "the" (e.g. the United Kingdom), do not enter the in |common_name: the template will also search for such links. Example: The flag and heraldry information for Croatia over its history are in the two articles "Flag of Croatia" and "Coat of arms of Croatia". By saying |common_name=Croatia, the text underneath the flag and coat of arms images automatically links to these entries. For the Axis-controlled Independent State of Croatia, saying |common_name=Independent State of Croatia, while historically accurate, does not generate these links because there are no "Flag/Coat of arms of (the) Independent State of Croatia" articles.
Status
The entries here again determine category placement. For some values, related text will be displayed in a bar underneath the name.
Field Name	Usage	Type	Values	Description
subdivision	required	variable	Empire Federation Confederation State union Client state Vassal Colony Protectorate United Nations Trust Territory League of Nations Mandate See also the variable |government_type and the categorization scheme.	|Subdivision describes the relationship between the political entity and other entities, whether colonies to an empire, the (colonial) empire itself, countries with special status by the League of Nations or the UN, etc.
nation	required	variable	country name	Give the common name for the country to which the entity was in a state of dependency. Example: British Empire colony: |subdivision=Colony, |nation=United Kingdom
status_text	optional	free	label (free text with wikilinks)	If values are given for |subdivision and |nation, it will be displayed by default as "[subdivision] of [(the) nation]". The |status_text variable allows you to display more specific or accurate text alternatives without compromising category assignment (e.g. "State of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]", "Client state of [[First French Empire|France]]").
Politics
Field Name	Usage	Type	Values	Description
government_type	required	variable	Monarchy Constitutional monarchy Principality Republic Socialist republic See also the variable |subdivision and the categorization scheme.	This entry generates more categories and sets some defaults for other political titles (see below). If the value given here does not match any in the following list, the article will be placed in the maintenance category for further examination. If a change in government takes place without the country itself changing, place the earlier government type in this field, and give the change in government as an intermediate event (e.g. |event1).
Head of state
title_leader	optional	free	label (free text with wikilinks)	the head of state's title. If |government_type=Monarchy or Constitutional monarchy, the default "King" will be displayed, which will link to "King of {common_name} if that article exists. If Republic or Federal republic is given, "President" will be used instead. If a different title is used, enter it here (but keep the length to a minimum) and wikilink it to the relevant article (if any). Example: For the Kingdom of Prussia, |government_type=Monarchy but |title_leader has not been given. This is because the article "King of Prussia" exists and is automatically linked to from the default word "King" in the infobox. Example: For the German Empire, the Emperor was also the King of Prussia. But instead of giving a title of Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia, [[List of German monarchs|Emperor]] is used instead, which includes a link to all German monarchs.
leader1, leader2, ...	optional	free	label (free text with wikilinks)	Leader name. Wikilinks are generated automatically, but you should create wikilinked entries for people whose entry title is long (this applies to almost all royalty). Example: [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]] instead of George III or George III of the United Kingdom. If it is not obvious that British monarchs are involved in this case, give the full George III of the United Kingdom (e.g. Congo Free State).
year_leader1, year_leader2, ...	optional	free	label (free text with wikilinks)	Dates spanning rule of leader (e.g. 1801–1843). Note: If there was only one head of state, just fill in |leader1 but not |year_leader1. It is also not intended here to list every head of state that ever was: if there were a lot of them, just list the first and the last. To assist this, each name could be followed by (first) and (last), but then you will need to wikilink the name.
Deputy, head of government, etc.
title_deputy	optional	free	label (free text with wikilinks)	same as for the head of state. The only difference here is the default labels given: instead of "King" the default here is "Prime Minister"
deputy1, deputy2, ...	optional	free	label (free text with wikilinks)	Deputy name. Wikilinks are generated automatically, but you should create wikilinked entries for people whose entry title is long
year_deputy1, year_deputy2, ...	optional	free	label (free text with wikilinks)	Dates spanning rule of the deputy (e.g. 1801–1843).
Legislatures and constitutions
legislature	optional	free	label (free text with wikilinks)	The name of the legislature (required to display upper and lower hoses)
house1, house2	optional	free	label (free text with wikilinks)	The names of upper and lower houses of the legislature
type_house1, type_house2	optional	free	label (free text with wikilinks)	Ability to enter different labels than upper and lower houses
General information
Field Name	Usage	Type	Values	Description
capital	required	free	entry (free text with wikilinks)	Capital city. No wikilinking necessary. If the name of the city has changed since this period, you may display the contemporary name, using WP:piped link to the modern name, i.e. [[modern name|former name]]
coordinates	optional	variable	coordinates	Geographical coordinates of capital city; use {{Coord}}.
motto	optional	free	entry (free text with wikilinks)	Regional motto. If not in English, place the English translation last (after a line break).
anthem	optional	free	entry (free text with wikilinks)	Regional anthem. If not in English, place the English translation last (after a line break).
political_subdiv	optional	free	entry (free text with wikilinks)	Political subdivisions. Add wikilinks if articles exist.
today	optional	free	entry (free text with wikilinks)	The modern countries to which this historic entity belongs today. Do not use this parameter if there are more than four such countries. Flags should per MOS:INFOBOXFLAG not be added.
History
Field Name	Usage	Type	Values	Description
Start and end
year_start, year_end	required	variable	year	Years of establishment and disestablishment. These years will be placed in the date bar at the top. If the values given are the same year, only one year will be displayed, but you must still enter both. Do not wikilink these years. The years given here are automatically used to assign this entity to establishment/disestablishment categories.
date_start, date_end	optional	variable	date	Give the day and month (if known) to match |year_start and |year_end. Do not wikilink these dates. The |year_start and |year_end fields must be filled in.)
event_start, event_end	optional	free	label (free text with wikilinks)	Entering the information for the above four variables (or just the year variables) will create entries in the History section of the infobox. If nothing is given for |event_start or |event_end, the "events" will have the corresponding default text of "Established" and "Disestablished", respectively. The variables |event_start and |event_end allow you to give more detail. If the value you enter is the name of an article, the wikilink is automatically generated. You are encouraged to link to the article that describes the actual event which caused the formation/dissolution of the entity, if such articles exist. To keep the infobox tidy, create a wikilink to the event article if the title of the linked article is long (e.g. [[Berlin conference|Established]]). You are discouraged from simply entering something like Declaration or Proclamation in these fields, because there are general articles with this title.
life_span	optional	free	label (free text with wikilinks)	Some entities temporarily ceased to exist before re-establishing. Use this variable only for these entities to replace the displayed dates in the date bar. Give unlinked dates with line breaks. (e.g. 1841–1899<br>1910–1967). You still need to fill in the |year_start and |year_end fields (in this example, |year_start=1841 and |year_end=1967) for the above-described functions to work.
Events
era	optional	variable	Napoleonic Wars World War I World War II	A category-assigning variable. If the value given here does not match any on the list in this table, this article will be automatically assigned to a maintenance-category. Do not panic. If a certain |era value is used often enough, a new category will be created by the infobox developers.
event1/date_event1, event2/date_event2, ...	optional	free	label (free text with wikilinks)	Intermediate events. These will be listed in the History section between the start and end events. The event variables here function the same way as the |event_start/|event_end variables. Enter date as unlinked text (e.g. 3 August 1789).
event_pre/date_pre, event_post/date_post	testing	free	label (free text with wikilinks)	Sometimes, events that take place outside the life-span of the entity are important, these two variables will place an event before |event_start (pre) or after |event_end (post) in the History box.
Images
All of these variables are optional (but some are more optional than others). If there is no available image, place the WPFC banner on the article's talk page (if it isn't there already), with the parameters {{WPFC|class=?|flagneeded=yes|coatneeded=yes|mapneeded=yes}} (including only the relevant parameters)
Field Name	Usage	Type	Values	Description
Flag
image_flag	optional	wikilink	file name	The name of the flag image (no Image: coding needed)
image_border	optional	yes/no	no	Set to no to turn off border around non-rectangular flags, e.g. File:Flag of Ohio.svg.
flag_type	optional	free	flag name	Displayed text under flag image. Useful if more than one flag was used (e.g. Third flag of the Confederacy) or if the flag wasn't actually called a flag (e.g. Banner). Default: "Flag"
flag	optional	wikilink		link target for text under the flag image. By default, it will link to "Flag of (the) {common_name}" if such an article exists.
Heraldry
image_coat	optional	wikilink	file name	The name of the coat of arms image (no Image: coding needed)
symbol_type	optional	free	symbol name	Displayed text under coat of arms image. Useful if more than one coat of arms was used or if it wasn't actually called a coat of arms (e.g. Emblem). Default: "Coat of arms"
symbol	optional	wikilink		link target for text under the coat of arms image. By default, it will link to "Coat of arms of (the) {common_name}" if such an article exists.
Map
image_map	optional	wikilink	file name	The name of the map image (no Image: coding needed)
image_map_caption	optional	free	sentence (free text with wikilinks)	Map caption
Preceding and succeeding entities
These fields are optional, but very important. Entries here affect the flag-navigation feature of the date bar at the top of the infobox.
Field Name	Usage	Type	Values	Description
p1 – p5	optional	wikilink	country name	Names of preceding entities (up to 5)
s1 – s8	optional	wikilink	country name	Names of succeeding entities (up to 8)
flag_p1, flag_p2, ...	optional	wikilink	file name	Name of image of flag for the state corresponding to |p1, |p2, etc. (just the name, no Image: coding). If the preceding state had multiple flags during its existence, use the last flag that it used. The template is instructed to search for possible flag images given the name of the state, so it might not be necessary to fill in this field. If a flag is not found or defined, the default "flag unknown" image will be shown.
border_p1, border_p2, ...	optional	yes/no	no	Set to no to turn off border around non-rectangular flags, e.g. File:Flag of Ohio.svg.
flag_s1, flag_s2, ...	optional	wikilink	file name	Name of image of flag for the state corresponding to |s1, |s2, etc. (just the name, no Image: coding), same as the flags for previous states. If the succeeding state had multiple flags during its existence, use the first flag that it used.
border_s1, border_s2, ...	optional	yes/no	no	Set to no to turn off border around non-rectangular flags, e.g. File:Flag of Ohio.svg.
image_p1,image_s1, ...	optional	wikilink	file name	Going further back in history, flags were less common and coats of arms were used instead. Coat of arms images are generally narrower than flag images, so if coat of arms images are displayed at the defined image size used here for flags (i.e. width=30px), they appear too big. Therefore, if you have anything other than a flag/banner image to use for a previous/following entity, fill in this field. Here you must enter all wikilinking as normally done when entering an image, but set the image width to 20px (or higher, depending on the individual image).
Which entries should I link to? It is not the intention here to list every single previous/following entity—that would make the infobox look very silly in many cases. Here are some guidleines for what to do (and what not to do). There are no strict rules so please exercise caution and common sense when using this feature. For most cases, the main and/or official predecessor/successor (under international law) is sufficient, since that is what most readers would expect to see. In the case of any potential confusion, list only this. Example: not every single state formed after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire should be listed in the infobox for the Ottoman Empire. Such a list is better described in the article text. Instead, only the official successor state would be given (Turkey). In some cases, most readers would expect to see every state that was formed, not just the official predecessor/successor. If so, list all states. If only parts of other countries were taken to form the new entity (or if an already existing entity received some of the land from a dissolved entity), list these states only when there are not so many other states to list. Example: the official successors of Austria-Hungary would be only Austria and Hungary. But from the breakup of Austria-Hungary, two other new states were completely formed (Czechoslovakia and the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs), one state was formed from part of Austria-Hungary (Poland, including territory ceded from Germany and relinquished from Russian rule), and two already-existing states gained territory from Austria-Hungary (Italy and Romania). This gives a total of 7 successor states, which is rather high. In order of priority, the states listed should be: [Austria and Hungary], [Czechoslovakia and the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs], [Poland], and finally [Italy and Romania]. Do not list entities that were formed/dissolved outside the life-span of the discussed state. Example: the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia does require the listing of all countries involved, since that is what people would expect. But only the states formed at the time when the SFYR broke up should be given. Therefore, Serbia and Montenegro is a successor entity, not Serbia and Montenegro separately since that breakup occurred later. If an entity simply became a subdivision of another country (state, province, etc.), then link to that subdivision. Only do this if it the transition is very clear. Example: the Republic of Texas was annexed by the USA and reconstituted as the US state of Texas. The successor here is not the USA, but the modern state of Texas. If the entity did not exist for a period before reforming (specified when you use the |life_span parameter above), do not list the intermediate states. If the predecessor and successor are the same, and this predecessor/successor continued to exist during this period, do not list either. Instead make it clear what this state was, somewhere in the events section (if necessary). Example: the Confederate States of America broke away from the United States of America before becoming again part of the USA after the American Civil War. Detailing predecessor and successor states here as the USA is redundant since the USA still existed in some form during this period, so say nothing.
Area and population
Field Name	Usage	Type	Values	Description
stat_year1, stat_year2, ...	optional (required if area or population is given)	variable	numerical	It is possible to add multiple values for area and population over time. Area must be given in km² without commas or any other spacing. The area in sq. mi. will be automatically calculated. Population must be given without commas or any other spacing. If area is also known for this time, population density will be automatically calculated. Even if the area does not change over time, it should always be added along with any new population values in order to calculate density. Example: You have population values for 1800 and 1900. You also have an area value and you know that it is the same for both years. You enter |stat_year1=1800 and |stat_year2=1900 and the two population values (without commas or spacing) under |stat_pop1 and |stat_pop2. You then enter your area value (in km², without commas or spacing) in both |stat_area1 and |stat_area2. The area will not be displayed twice, but the population density will be calculated for both years.
stat_area1, stat_area2, ...	optional	variable	numerical
stat_pop1, stat_pop2, ...	optional	variable	numerical
Footnotes
Field Name	Usage	Type	Values	Description
footnotes	optional	free	sentence (free text with wikilinks)	A standard field for footnotes. Use footnotes if there is anything in the infobox that requires further explanation. Supports wikilinks

Style parameters

The template allows some optional parameters that control the style of the infobox for size and coloring when displayed on a page:

|width =  <!-- sets the width of the infobox (default: 290px) -->
|boxstyle =  <!-- sets the style properties of the whole infobox -->
|titlestyle =  <!-- sets the style properties of the top title/name area of the infobox -->

Some specific styles for the whole infobox are as follows:

|boxstyle = background:lightgray; <!-- sets the color behind all areas of the infobox -->
|boxstyle = border-color:blue; <!-- sets the line around the infobox to the color blue -->
|boxstyle = border-width:5px; <!-- sets line width around box to 5 pixels (default: 1px) -->
|boxstyle = margin-left:1px; margin-right:7px; <!-- resets the left/right margins of the infobox for similar alignment in both browsers [[Mozilla Firefox]] and [[Internet Explorer]] -->

Some specific styles for the title/name are as follows:

|titlestyle = background:lightgray; <!-- sets the color behind the top title/name area of the infobox -->
|titlestyle = color:gold; <!-- sets the text color in top title/name area -->
|titlestyle = text-align:left; <!-- shifts title/name text to the left (default: center) -->

For multiple settings, combine all on one line as follows:

|titlestyle = background:lightgray; color:darkgreen;

The properties are separated by semicolons (;), and beware that accidentally omitting semicolons will cause the settings to be ignored. Some style properties cannot be changed such as, setting |titlestyle=margin-left:25px might be ignored, because margin-left is a property, instead, of the whole box, using |boxstyle.

Establishment dates

• First the template tests to see if "Category:States and territories established in the {{{year_start}}}" exists. If so, it is added.
• If not, the template tests to see if "Category:States and territories established in {{{year_start}}}" exists. If so, it is added.
• If not, the template tests to see if "Category:States and territories established in the DECADEs" where DECADE is the decade containing {{{year_start}}} (e.g. Category:States and territories established in the 110s). If so, it is added.
• If not, the template tests to see if "Category:States and territories established in the Nth century" where N is the century containing {{{year_start}}} (e.g. Category:States and territories established in the 1st century BC). If so, it is added.

The reason for the first case is in case an imprecise date is entered, such as "the 820s" or "the 18th century", before trying exact dates like "1820".

Disestablishment dates

• First the template tests to see if "Category:States and territories disestablished in the {{{year_end}}}" exists. If so, it is added.
• If not, the template tests to see if "Category:States and territories disestablished in {{{year_end}}}" exists. If so, it is added.
• If not, the template tests to see if "Category:States and territories disestablished in the DECADEs" where DECADE is the decade containing {{{year_end}}} (e.g. Category:States and territories disestablished in the 530s). If so, it is added.
• If not, the template tests to see if "Category:States and territories disestablished in the Nth century" where N is the century containing {{{year_end}}} (e.g. Category:States and territories disestablished in the 1st century BC). If so, it is added.

The reason for the first case is in case an imprecise date is entered, such as "the 820s" or "the 18th century", before trying exact dates like "1820".

Banner

To allow project members to keep track of articles, any page that uses this infobox must be labeled with the WPFC banner. To do this, go to the article's talk page, and add {{WPFC}} to the top of the talk page, if the banner is not there already. See the banner page for more information about the extra parameters that the banner supports. At the absolute minimum, the talk page should contain {{WPFC}}.

Tracking category

• Category:Pages using infobox former subdivision with unknown parameters (6)
• Category:Former country articles requiring maintenance (1,370)

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox former subdivision in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Infobox former subdivision

TemplateData

An infobox for a former country subdivision Template parameters[Edit template data] This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status Native name native_name Name in the native language Example {{lang|zh|上海公共租界}} Template suggested Conventional long name conventional_long_name Convention long form English name of the former subdivision Example Xikang Province Line optional Common name common_name The name the region is commonly called, in English String required Demonym demonym The name applied to people who lived there Unknown suggested Government type government_type Type of government the region had Example Parliamentary democracy Line optional Historical era era no description Example [[20th century]] Unbalanced wikitext optional Year founded year_start Year the subdivision was founded Number optional Year dissolved year_end Year the subdivision was dissolved, abolished or other transition occurred Number optional event_start event_start no description Unknown optional date_start date_start no description Date optional event_end event_end no description Unknown optional date_end date_end no description Date optional event1 event1 no description Unknown optional date_event1 date_event1 no description Date optional event_pre event_pre no description Unknown optional date_pre date_pre no description Date optional event_post event_post no description Unknown optional date_post date_post no description Date optional p1 p1 no description Unknown optional s1 s1 no description Unknown optional flag type flag_type no description Line optional symbol_type symbol_type no description Unknown optional image_map_caption image_map_caption no description Unknown optional Capital capital Settlement that served as the region's capital Example Jamestown Line suggested regional motto motto no description Line optional regional anthem anthem no description Content optional political_subdiv political_subdiv no description Unknown optional Today part of today Contemporary country/s the former subdivision is part of (with {{Flag}}) Example {{Flag|People's Republic of China|name=China}}<br />{{flag|India}} Line suggested leader1 leader1 no description Line optional year_leader1 year_leader1 no description Number optional deputy1 deputy1 no description Unknown optional year_deputy1 year_deputy1 no description Number optional Legislature legislature no description Example Name and link to the legislature of the former subdivsion String optional house1 house1 no description Unknown optional house2 house2 no description Unknown optional footnotes footnotes no description Unknown optional width width no description Unknown optional _noautocat _noautocat no description Unknown optional native name's language native_name_lang no description Example French Line optional status_text status_text no description Line optional nation nation no description Line optional subdivision subdivision no description Unknown optional p5 p5 no description Unknown optional flag_p1 flag_p1 no description Unknown optional border_p1 border_p1 no description Unknown optional image_p1 image_p1 no description Unknown optional p2 p2 no description Unknown optional flag_p2 flag_p2 no description Unknown optional border_p2 border_p2 no description Unknown optional image_p2 image_p2 no description Unknown optional p3 p3 no description Unknown optional flag_p3 flag_p3 no description Unknown optional border_p3 border_p3 no description Unknown optional image_p3 image_p3 no description Unknown optional p4 p4 no description Unknown optional flag_p4 flag_p4 no description Unknown optional border_p4 border_p4 no description Unknown optional image_p4 image_p4 no description Unknown optional flag_p5 flag_p5 no description Unknown optional border_p5 border_p5 no description Unknown optional image_p5 image_p5 no description Unknown optional life_span life_span no description Unknown optional s8 s8 no description Unknown optional flag_s1 flag_s1 no description Unknown optional border_s1 border_s1 no description Unknown optional image_s1 image_s1 no description Unknown optional s2 s2 no description Unknown optional flag_s2 flag_s2 no description Unknown optional border_s2 border_s2 no description Unknown optional image_s2 image_s2 no description Unknown optional s3 s3 no description Unknown optional flag_s3 flag_s3 no description Unknown optional border_s3 border_s3 no description Unknown optional image_s3 image_s3 no description Unknown optional s4 s4 no description Unknown optional flag_s4 flag_s4 no description Unknown optional border_s4 border_s4 no description Unknown optional image_s4 image_s4 no description Unknown optional s5 s5 no description Unknown optional flag_s5 flag_s5 no description Unknown optional border_s5 border_s5 no description Unknown optional image_s5 image_s5 no description Unknown optional s6 s6 no description Unknown optional flag_s6 flag_s6 no description Unknown optional border_s6 border_s6 no description Unknown optional image_s6 image_s6 no description Unknown optional s7 s7 no description Unknown optional flag_s7 flag_s7 no description Unknown optional border_s7 border_s7 no description Unknown optional image_s7 image_s7 no description Unknown optional flag_s8 flag_s8 no description Unknown optional border_s8 border_s8 no description Unknown optional image_s8 image_s8 no description Unknown optional image_flag image_flag no description File optional image_coat image_coat no description Unknown optional flag_caption flag_caption no description Unknown optional flag flag no description File optional symbol symbol no description Unknown optional image_border image_border no description Unknown optional image_map image_map no description Unknown optional image_map_size image_map_size no description Unknown optional image_map2 image_map2 no description Unknown optional image_map2_size image_map2_size no description Unknown optional image_map2_caption image_map2_caption no description Unknown optional coordinates coordinates coordinates of the region, in {{coord}} format with display=inline,title Content optional title_leader title_leader no description Unknown optional title_deputy title_deputy no description Unknown optional leader2 leader2 no description Unknown optional leader3 leader3 no description Unknown optional year_leader2 year_leader2 no description Number optional leader4 leader4 no description Unknown optional year_leader3 year_leader3 no description Number optional leader5 leader5 no description Unknown optional year_leader4 year_leader4 no description Number optional leader6 leader6 no description Unknown optional year_leader5 year_leader5 no description Number optional year_leader6 year_leader6 no description Number optional deputy2 deputy2 no description Unknown optional deputy3 deputy3 no description Unknown optional year_deputy2 year_deputy2 no description Number optional deputy4 deputy4 no description Unknown optional year_deputy3 year_deputy3 no description Number optional deputy5 deputy5 no description Unknown optional year_deputy4 year_deputy4 no description Number optional deputy6 deputy6 no description Unknown optional year_deputy5 year_deputy5 no description Number optional year_deputy6 year_deputy6 no description Unknown optional type_house1 type_house1 no description Unknown optional type_house2 type_house2 no description Unknown optional year_pre year_pre no description Number optional year_event1 year_event1 no description Number optional event2 event2 no description Unknown optional year_event2 year_event2 no description Number optional date_event2 date_event2 no description Date optional event3 event3 no description Unknown optional year_event3 year_event3 no description Number optional date_event3 date_event3 no description Date optional event4 event4 no description Unknown optional year_event4 year_event4 no description Number optional date_event4 date_event4 no description Date optional event5 event5 no description Unknown optional year_event5 year_event5 no description Number optional date_event5 date_event5 no description Unknown optional year_post year_post no description Number optional stat_year1 stat_year1 no description Unknown optional stat_area1 stat_area1 no description Unknown optional stat_area2 stat_area2 no description Unknown optional stat_area3 stat_area3 no description Unknown optional stat_area4 stat_area4 no description Unknown optional stat_area5 stat_area5 no description Unknown optional ref_area1 ref_area1 no description Unknown optional stat_year2 stat_year2 no description Number optional stat_year3 stat_year3 no description Number optional stat_year4 stat_year4 no description Number optional stat_year5 stat_year5 no description Number optional stat_pop1 stat_pop1 no description Unknown optional stat_pop2 stat_pop2 no description Unknown optional stat_pop3 stat_pop3 no description Unknown optional stat_pop4 stat_pop4 no description Unknown optional stat_pop5 stat_pop5 no description Unknown optional ref_pop1 ref_pop1 no description Unknown optional pn1 pn1 no description Unknown optional sn1 sn1 no description Unknown optional p6 p6 no description Unknown optional p7 p7 no description Unknown optional p8 p8 no description Unknown optional p9 p9 no description Unknown optional p10 p10 no description Unknown optional p11 p11 no description Unknown optional p12 p12 no description Unknown optional s9 s9 no description Unknown optional s10 s10 no description Unknown optional s11 s11 no description Unknown optional s12 s12 no description Unknown optional area1 area1 no description Number optional population_estimate1 population_estimate1 no description Number optional preceding_entity1 preceding_entity1 no description Unknown optional succeeding_entity1 succeeding_entity1 no description Unknown optional child child no description Unknown optional nocat_wdimage nocat_wdimage no description Unknown optional

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