The Paulaya River is a river in Honduras, a tributary of the Sico Tinto Negro River.
| Paulaya River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Honduras |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 15°50′06″N 85°03′33″W / 15.8349°N 85.0592°W |
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]