Template:Cite CIA World Factbook/sandbox
"The World Factbook" (2025 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency.
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This template is for linking to pages of The World Factbook, a publication of the United States Central Intelligence Agency.
Usage
[edit]The template wraps {{cite web}}: All parameters for {{cite web}} are accepted. The three exceptions are |country=, |year=, and |section=:
{{Cite CIA World Factbook|country=COUNTRY NAME}}→ "COUNTRY NAME". The World Factbook (2025 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency.{{Cite CIA World Factbook|country=COUNTRY NAME|year=2000}}→ "COUNTRY NAME". The World Factbook (2025 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency. (Archived 2000 edition.){{Cite CIA World Factbook|country=COUNTRY NAME|section=section|year=2000}}→ "COUNTRY NAME § section". The World Factbook (2025 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency. (Archived 2000 edition.)
The template links to the CIA archive for the entire World Factbook for the year given by |year=. This is a large file that may not be suitable for mobile devices. Editors can add |archive-date=, |archive-url=, and |url-status= to provide an archive for an individual country.
Examples
[edit]{{Cite CIA World Factbook|country=Angola}}→ "Angola". The World Factbook (2025 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency.{{Cite CIA World Factbook|country=Angola|section=Economy}}→ "Angola § Economy". The World Factbook (2025 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency.{{Cite CIA World Factbook|country=Angola|section=Economy|year=2013}}→ "Angola § Economy". The World Factbook (2025 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency. (Archived 2013 edition.){{Cite CIA World Factbook|country=Angola|section=Economy|access-date=2013-06-30}}→ "Angola § Economy". The World Factbook (2025 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2013-06-30. (Archived 2013 edition.)