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.
Only if colour' is not used and its default is not not appropriate: Description identifying countrys location (e.g. "circled in inset")
This parameter must never be empty; "none" suppresses it. If passed, location_color cannot be shown.
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placering_farve
Only if description is not used: Colour identifying country's 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"
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region_farve
Colour identifying region; "none" suppresses the default.
white
underregion
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"
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underregion_farve
Colour identifying subregion; "none" suppresses showing the default.
tan
forklaring
Filename of image providing a map legend.
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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.
Typical sample for an article on a European Union member that needs no "the" before its name, for otherwise identical output: {{korttekst |region=Europe |underregion=EU |forklaring=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
{{Infoboks land
|almindeligt_navn = Armenien
|billede_kort = Europe location ARM.png
|kort_tekst = {{korttekst}} |(some required infobox parameters omitted from sample)
}}
Sample for article named 'Belarus', about a non-member of the EU
{{Infoboks land
|almindeligt_navn = Hviderusland
|billede_kort = Europe location BLR.png
|kort_tekst = {{korttekst |region=[[Europe]] |forklaring=European location legend en.png}} |(some required infobox parameters omitted from sample)
}}
Sample for article named 'Netherlands', about a member of the EU
{{Infoboks land
|almindeligt_navn = Holland
|billede_kort = EU location NED.png
|kort_tekst = {{korttekst |region=[[Europa]] |underegion=EU |forklaring=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 not from countries' page and without country parameter):