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Template: Place
Use on	Infobox templates
Use for	Base infobox for state, country, etc.
Category template applies to page	(none)

Template Parameters (See Template style manual).
Name	Purpose	Required?	SMW property	Comment
name	name of place	no		Defaults to page name
coords	Geographical co-ordinates	no		See note A
map zoom	Zoom level of map	no		Defaults to 8
map centre	Co-ordinates of centre of map	no		See note B
flag	flag image	no
arms	Coat of arms	no
founded	Foundation date	no	founded
capital, capital L	Capital	no
area	Area	no
pop	Population	no	Population
pop basis	Basis of population (e.g. "2004 census")	no		Not used unless pop is supplied
other	Other information (from calling template)	no

See Maps for a guide to determining co-ordinates.

Note A

If the coords parameter is not supplied, the map will use the the name of the place to try and determine the co-ordinates.

Note B

If the map centre parameter is not supplied, the map will be centered on the co-ordinates of the map marker.

Data block

The data block below can be copied to the page required to save typing it out. If a parameter in the data block below has a hash character (#), this indicates that the template supplies a default if the parameter is not supplied. Remove the hash if you want to supply a value to this parameter. See Data block on the Template style manual page for more information.

{{Place
|#name           =
|#coords         =
|#map zoom       =
|#map centre     =
|flag	        =
|arms	        =
|founded        =
|capital L	=
|area	        =
|pop	        =
|pop basis	=
|other          =
}}