Mojave

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Mojave is a small desert community in Kern County, California, known historically as a railroad and mining town and today as a hub for aerospace and flight testing near the Mojave Air and Space Port.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mojave canonical 5
Jupiter's Claim, California desert 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place
unincorporated community
areaCode 661
climate arid desert climate
climateCharacteristic cool winters
hot summers
low annual precipitation
country United States of America
countySeatOf none
economicActivity aerospace testing
aircraft storage and maintenance
elevation about 2,762 feet
about 842 meters
feature proximity to desert wind farms
proximity to renewable energy projects
governedBy Kern County government
hasUTCOffset UTC−08:00
hasUTCOffsetDST UTC−07:00
historicalEconomicActivity borax mining
gold mining
historicalRole mining town
railroad town
knownFor aerospace industry
flight testing
locatedAlong State Route 14
State Route 58
locatedIn California
Kern County
Mojave Desert
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone
locatedNear Mojave Air and Space Port
locatedNorthOf Los Angeles
locatedWestOf Edwards Air Force Base
namedAfter Mojave Desert
nearbyFacility Mojave Air and Space Port
nearbyGeographicFeature Sierra Nevada foothills
Tehachapi Mountains
partOf Antelope Valley
populationCharacteristic small community
postalCode 93501
region southern California
linked to: Southern California
regionType desert community
state California
subdivisionType census-designated place in Kern County, California
transportationFeature railroad junction (historical)
transportationHistory served by Southern Pacific Railroad
transportationRole highway junction community

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Referenced by (6)

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

California State Route 58 passesThroughCity Mojave
subject linked to: State Route 58
Ricky "Jupe" Park setting Jupiter's Claim, California desert
linked to: Mojave
California State Route 58 servesCity Mojave
subject linked to: CA 58
CA 14 passesNear Mojave
SR 58 connects Mojave
SR 14 passesThrough Mojave