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The Paulaya River is a river in Honduras.

Paulaya River
Location
Country	Honduras

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 confidence trickster Gregor MacGregor. The town of Poyais, capital of this nation, was claimed to be on its banks.

See also

• List of rivers of Honduras

References

• Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
• CIA map: Image:Honduras rel 1985.jpg
• UN map: Image:Un-honduras.png
• Google Maps
• Sketch of the Mosquito shore, 1822
• A map of Mosquitia and the territory of Poyais with the Adjacent Countries

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