Kayena, Tasmania

{{Use Australian English|date=May 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Kayena

| state = tas

| coordinates={{Coord|-41.1881|146.8832|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-TAS|display=inline,title}}

| image =

| caption =

| pop = 219

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes={{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60295?opendocument |title=2016 Census Quick Stats Kayena (Tas.) |author= |date=23 October 2017 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=13 September 2020 |quote=}}

| established =

| postcode = 7270

| elevation =

| region = Launceston

| location1 = Beaconsfield

| dist1 = 10

| dir1 = E

| lga = West Tamar

| stategov = Bass

| fedgov = Bass

| maxtemp =

| mintemp =

| rainfall =

| near-nw = Tamar River

| near-n = Rowella

| near-ne = Tamar River

| near-e = Tamar River, Sidmouth

| near-w = Beaconsfield

| near-sw = Beaconsfield

| near-s = Sidmouth

| near-se = Sidmouth

}}

Kayena is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of West Tamar in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about {{convert|10|km}} east of the town of Beaconsfield. The 2016 census recorded a population of 219 for the state suburb of Kayena.

==History==

Kayena was gazetted as a locality in 1967. It had previously been named Richmond Hill. Kayena is believed to be an Aboriginal word for “tongue”.{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Kayena |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=13 September 2020 |at=Select “Search”, enter "1058C", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”}}