| Coen Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Coen | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 13°56′37″S 143°11′55″E / 13.9436°S 143.1986°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 320 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0329/km2 (0.0851/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4871 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 199 m (653 ft)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 9,735.2 km2 (3,758.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Cook | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cook | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Leichhardt | ||||||||||||||
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Coen is a rural town and coastal locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia.[3][4] The town of Coen is inland on the Peninsula Developmental Road, the main road on the Cape York Peninsula in far northern Queensland. The community is quite busy, particularly in the dry season, with all tourists and visitors travelling the Peninsula Development Road up to the tip of Cape York having to pass through the town.[5]
In the 2021 census, the locality of Coen had a population of 320 people.[1]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Census2021was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Bureau of Meteorology Archived 2 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine - Retrieved 2008-01-27
- ^ "Coen (town) (entry 7669)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ^ "Coen (locality) (entry 46123)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ^ "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community histories: Coen". Queensland Government. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2023.