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Pavuna

Field	Value
name	Pavuna
settlement_type	Neighbourhood
pushpin_map	Brazil Rio de Janeiro
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Rio de Janeiro
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Brazil
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
subdivision_type2	Municipality/City
subdivision_name2	Rio de Janeiro
subdivision_type3	Zone
subdivision_name3	North Zone
coordinates

Pavuna is a neighbourhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is one of the oldest places in Rio de Janeiro.

History

The place was originally inhabited by native Brazilians from several Tupi tribes, one of those tribes was named Upabuna, this name being the origin of the name of the Pavuna River. During the 16th century, the Portuguese government brought enslaved Africans to the place to work in the sugarcane cultivation. In the seventeenth century, the sugarcane cultivation entered a period of decadence, only recovering a century later, and then being replaced by the coffee production. On July 23, 1981, Pavuna officially became a Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood.

Etymology

Pavuna means "dark place" in the language of the local native Brazilians who inhabited the place in the past.

References

"Histórico". Rio de Janeiro Government.
"Origem do nome Pavuna". Rio de Janeiro Government.

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