Copacabana, New South Wales

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Copacabana
Central CoastNew South Wales
Population: 2,672 (2006 census)
Postcode: 2251
Area: 2.3 km² (0.9 sq mi)
Location:
LGA: City of Gosford
Parish: Kincumber
State District: Terrigal
Federal Division: Robertson
Suburbs around Copacabana:
Avoca Beach
Kincumber Copacabana Tasman Sea
Macmasters Beach Tasman Sea

Copacabana is a suburb located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, as part of the City of Gosford local government area. Copacabana (so named by real estate developers Wilmore and Randell, in the mid twentieth century) is situated at the northern end of Macmasters Beach, the two beaches divided by Cochrone Lagoon. The northern headland of Copacabana beach is Tudibaring Point, purported to mean 'place where the waves pound like a beating heart' in the local indigenous language. The bay itself is Allagai, which means 'nest of snakes' in the same language.

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