| Nakunta River | |
|---|---|
 Outlet of Nakunta River | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Honduras |
The Nakunta River is a river in the Gracias a Dios Department of Honduras that exits into the Caratasca Lagoon[1] a few miles south of Puerto Lempira. It is 115 kilometers (71 mi) in length.[2]
The river starts in the La Mosquitia region of the Department and is famous locally for its abundance of lizards.[3]
When the Sandinistas forced relocations of Miskito and Panamahka in Nicaragua in the early 1980s, many escaped to Honduras, ending up in refugee camps near the Nakunta river or in villages such as Mocorón.[4]
Discussions of building a bridge over the river near the village of Tapanlaya were underway in 2019 as a part of oil exploration activities.[5]
- ^ Humphrey, Chris. Honduras (2006) p.334 (ISBN 978-1566918039)
- ^ IGuide.com, On the Map Near Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve
- ^ Reyna Suyapa Romero Pavon, Thesis Estudio de la Situacion Actual de Salad y Desarrollo Comunitario en la Departamento de Gracias a Dios, p. 6 ("Rio Nakunta, nace en la region poco concide de la Mosquita desemboca en la Laguna de Auyayari; es famoso pro la abundanica de lagartos") (1975)
- ^ The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Honduran Mosquitia, p. 17 (2006) ("Soon after , the Sandinistas began forced relocations of the Miskito and Panamahka that lived near the Honduran border . Many people fled to Honduras as refugees , settling in refugee camps near the Río Nakunta and the towns of Mocorón ..."), p. 264 ("large river in E Gracias a Dios flowing into Laguna de Caratasca E of Puerto Lempira")
- ^ (23 May 2019). REUNIÓN TÉCNICA LEVANTAMIENTO DE INFORMACIÓN PARA ESTUDIO DEL PUENTE TAPANLAYA, Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente (Honduras Secretary of Natural Resources and Environment)