Cantagalo–Pavão–Pavãozinho is a neighborhood consisting of two ''

favela Favela () is an umbrella name for several types of impoverished neighborhoods in Brazil. The term, which means slum or ghetto, was first used in the Slum of Providência in the center of Rio de Janeiro in the late 19th century, which was b ...

s'' in the South Zone of

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. It is located between

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and Copacabana. In 2010, it had about 9,500 inhabitants. Cantagalo and Pavão–Pavãozinho formerly had high rates of violent crime, often associated with the drug trade. However, beginning in December 2009, the neighborhood was pacified by a then-newly formed

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(UPP). On 30 June 2010, the Rubem Braga Complex was inaugurated in it, composed of two towers, an

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called "Mirante da Paz" ("Peace Overlook"), and two lifts linking the ''favela'' to the General Osório Metro Station. Lulanafavela

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Favelas Neighbourhoods in Rio de Janeiro (city) {{RiodeJaneiro-geo-stub