Moxos

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Moxos is a historical region in the Bolivian lowlands, known for its indigenous cultures, extensive pre-Columbian earthworks, and rich Amazonian wetlands.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Moxos canonical 5
Moxos Trinitario 1
San Joaquín de Moxos 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
historical region
archaeologicalSignificance complex hydraulic systems
large-scale landscape engineering
pre-Hispanic agricultural systems
biodiversity high
climate tropical
colonialAdministration Jesuit missions of Moxos
contains Llanos de Moxos
country Bolivia
culturalHeritage Jesuit mission architecture
indigenous music traditions
indigenous ritual practices
economicActivity cattle ranching
fishing
subsistence agriculture
ecosystem seasonally flooded savanna
wetlands
hasCity San Ignacio de Moxos
Trinidad
hasInhabitant Baure people
Canichana people
Itonama people
Movima people
Moxo people
hasLanguageFamily Moxoan languages
linked to: Moxeño languages
historicalPeriod Spanish colonial period
pre-Columbian era
knownFor Amazonian wetlands
artificial mounds
canals
causeways
indigenous cultures
pre-Columbian earthworks
raised fields
locatedIn Amazon Basin
Bolivian lowlands
South America
partOf Beni Department
religionHistory Jesuit evangelization
riverBasin Madeira River basin
linked to: Madeira River

Mamore River basin
linked to: Mamore River region
terrain floodplain
savanna
wetland mosaic

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moxeño alternateName Moxos
Jesuit Missions of Moxos hasPart San Joaquín de Moxos
linked to: Moxos
Moxeno hasAlternativeName Moxos
Trinitario alternateName Moxos Trinitario
linked to: Moxos