__NOTOC__ Taratap is a locality in the Australian state of

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located in the state's south-east about south-east of the state capital of

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and about north-east of the municipal seat of

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. Tarap's name and boundaries were assigned on 3 December 1998. Its name is derived from the Taratap

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which itself is derived ultimately from “an Aboriginal waterhole in the Hundred of Peacock.” The name was also used for “a local homestead.” The principal land use in the locality is "primary production." The

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which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Taratap had a population of 42 people. Taratap is located within the federal division of

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, the state electoral district of Mackillop and the local government area of the

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{{authority control Limestone Coast Towns in South Australia