Moxos
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Moxos may refer to:
- Moxos savanna, also known as the Beni savannaBeni savannaThe Beni savanna, also known as the Moxos plains, is a tropical savanna ecoregion of northern Bolivia.-Setting:The Beni savanna covers an area of in the lowlands of northern Bolivia, with small portions in neighboring Brazil and Peru. Most of the Beni savanna lies within the departments of El...
, of northern BoliviaBoliviaBolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
, - Moxos ProvinceMoxos ProvinceMoxos is a province in the Beni Department, Bolivia. It is named after the Moxos savanna.The province consists of one municipality, San Ignacio de Moxos Municipality, which is identical to the province...
of northern Bolivia. - Moxos peopleMoxos peopleThe Moxos, also known as the Mojos, are an indigenous people living around the head-waters of the Madeira River in northern Bolivia, particularly on both banks of the Mamore River. They submitted to Inca domination, but in 1564 gallantly repulsed the Spaniards. A century later, however, the Jesuits...
and Moxos languageMoxos languageMojos are a pair of Maipurean languages spoken by the Moxos people of Northeastern Bolivia. The two Mojo 'dialects', Trinitario and Ignaciano, are as distinct from one another as they are from neighboring Maipurean languages.-Mojos:...