Template:CIA World Factbook link/doc

This template is for linking to pages of The World Factbook, a publication of the United States Central Intelligence Agency.

Usage
This template contains two parameters: 1) Country code (which must be lowercase; see below) and 2) Country name.



expands to this wiki code:


 * CIA World Factbook entry on COUNTRY NAME

which is rendered as:


 * CIA World Factbook entry on COUNTRY NAME

Notes on codes
The CIA builds the Factbook around the Federal Information Processing Standard 10-4 two letter codes; a list of these codes can found at List of FIPS country codes. However, there are a few codes used in the Factbook not at the above link. They are:


 * xx - World
 * xq - Arctic Ocean
 * zh - Atlantic Ocean
 * xo - Indian Ocean
 * kv - Kosovo
 * zn - Pacific Ocean
 * oo - Southern Ocean
 * um - United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
 * ee - European Union

When using these codes on this page or in the link, the codes have to be lowercase or you will get a 404 error.

Example


becomes: