Lapoinya
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| Coordinates: 41°02′S 145°34′E / 41.033°S 145.567°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Tasmania | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 143 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 7325 | ||||||||||||
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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.