Tooperang, South Australia
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Tooperang
| state = SA
| image =
| caption =
| lga = Alexandrina Council
| postcode = 5255
| pop = 377
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2011}}
| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC40726|name=Tooperang (State Suburb)|accessdate=12 August 2014|quick=on}}
| elevation=
| coordinates = {{coord|35.37|S|138.71|E|display=inline,title}}
| maxtemp = 19.6
| mintemp = 8.0
| rainfall = 830
| region = Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island{{cite web|title=Limestone Coast SA Government region|url= http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/21612/Fleurieu_Kangaroo_Island_SA_Government_region.pdf |publisher=The Government of South Australia|accessdate=9 September 2016}}
| county = County of Hindmarsh
| stategov = Finniss{{cite web|title=District of Finniss Background Profile|url=http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/component/edocman/?task=document.download&id=549&Itemid=0|publisher=Electoral Commission SA|accessdate=2 August 2015}}
| fedgov = Mayo{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011 |url=http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-mayo.pdf |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission |accessdate=2 August 2015}}
| dist1 = 50
| dir1 = South
| location1= Adelaide
| near-n = Ashbourne
| near-ne = Mount Observation
| near-e = Finniss
| near-se = Currency Creek
| near-s = Mosquito Hill
| near-sw = Mount Jagged
| near-w = Mount Compass
| near-nw = Nangkita
}}
Tooperang is a small town and locality on Fleurieu Peninsula in the Alexandrina Council, South Australia. It includes the Cox Scrub Conservation Reserve. At the {{CensusAU|2011}}, the "suburb" of Tooperang (which also included both Mount Jagged and Mosquito Hill) recorded a population of 377 people.
The Tooperang Hall on Bull Creek Road hosts the Astronomical Society of South Australia (ASSA) on a regular basis where members take advantage of the geography of the region which blocks light spill from metropolitan Adelaide to create ideal conditions for astronomy.[http://www.assa.org.au/facilities/tooperang/ Tooperang Observing Site – Astronomical Society of South Australia] The locality of Tooperang extends west from the town along Cleland Gully Road.
Tooperang is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Finniss and the local government area of the Alexandrina Council.
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{{Alexandrina Council suburbs |state=collapsed}}
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