Pajbenga, alternative spelling Pagbigna[1] and Pasbengna,[2] was a Tongva village located at Santa Ana, California, near the El Refugio Adobe, which was the home of José Sepulveda (now located near the intersection of Raitt Street and Myrtle Street).
[3][4] It was one of the main villages along the Santa Ana River, including Lupukngna, Genga, Totpavit, and Hutuknga.
[3] Like many surrounding villages, Pajbenga's residents likely subsisted on oak trees for acorns and seeds from various grasses and sage bushes.
[5] Between 1776 and 1807, 13 people were baptized from the village, including 2 men, 4 women, and 7 children as part of the larger colonial project of Christian conversion of Indigenous peoples at Spanish missions in California.
[7][8] Native American villages in Orange County, California: