Paulaya River

River in Honduras From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Paulaya River is a river in Honduras, a tributary of the Sico Tinto Negro River.

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Paulaya River
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CountryHonduras
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15°50′06″N 85°03′33″W
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Poyais Scheme

In 1822–1823, the river (under the name Rio Tinto / Black River) was at the centre of the fictional nation of Poyais invented by the confidence trickster Gregor MacGregor.[1] The town of Poyais, capital of this nation, was claimed to be on its banks.[2]

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