Pavuna is a neighbourhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

It is one of the oldest places in Rio de Janeiro.

[1] During the 16th century, the Portuguese government brought enslaved Africans to the place to work in the sugarcane cultivation.

[1] 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.

[1] On July 23, 1981, Pavuna officially became a Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood.