| Lapoinya Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
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  Lapoinya | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°02′S 145°34′E / 41.033°S 145.567°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 143 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 7325 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Waratah-Wynyard Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Braddon | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Braddon | ||||||||||||||
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Lapoinya (pronounced La-poin-ya) is a small agricultural centre on the north-west coast of Tasmania west of Wynyard. The name is Tasmanian Aboriginal word for "fern tree", a plant that abounds in those surviving untouched parts of the original temperate rainforest. At the 2006 census, Lapoinya had a population of 368.[2]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lapoinya (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Lapoinya (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
