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This template is used to tag articles which satisfy the following three criteria:

  1. The subject is non-fictional.
  2. It is associated with a fixed location on Earth.
  3. The article lacks geographic coordinates (that is, latitude and longitude, such as might be coded using {{coord}}).

The lack of coordinates may be due to one or more of the following reasons:

  • a reliable source says the subject's location is unknown AND no reliable source has been found which gives a definite location for it, or
  • two or more reliable sources provide contradictory locations.

If further research seems likely to uncover definite coordinates, do not apply this template. Use {{coord missing}} instead.

If the subject's location is known approximately, it may still be better to provide rough coordinates using {{coord}} than to apply this template.

Usage

{{Coord unknown|countryname}}

Parameters

countryname:
should be one of the country names used in the subcategories of Category:Articles missing geocoordinate data by country. Where a particular country cannot be identified, one of the continent names used in the subcategories of Category:Articles missing geocoordinate data by continent should be used instead.
Note: this parameter is for future use. The template doesn't yet subcategorize articles by country or continent, but may begin doing so at a later date.

See also