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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.
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_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"
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subregion_color
Colour identifying subregion; "none" suppresses showing the default.
tan
legend
Filename of image providing a map legend.
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Note
In case the name of any article or redirect page on this Wikipedia is given for a country, region or subregion (without other characters in the parameter), the template automatically creates a link. It is nevertheless possible to pass a parameter between linking brackets [[...]] and such is required in case only a part of the parameter should be linked or in case a link should reach an article by another name using syntax [[...|...]].
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) — wherein 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}} |(other for the Infobox required 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}} |(other for the Infobox required 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}} |(other for the Infobox required 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):
![Location of Map caption/ලේඛය (orange) in Europe (white) – [Legend]](/wiki/%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%9C%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%94%E0%B7%80:Europe_location_BLR.png)
![Location of the Map caption/ලේඛය (orange) – in Europe (tan & white) – in the European Union (tan) [Legend]](/wiki/%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%9C%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%94%E0%B7%80:EU_location_NED.png)
