Mojave

Mojave is a city of 4,200 people in in the of . Mojave has a rich aerospace history because of nearby Edwards Air Force Base, Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, and Palmdale Regional Airport.
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  • Type: Town with 4,240 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Mohave”, “Mojave, CA”, and “Mojave, California”
  • Postal codes: 93501 and 93502

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mojave Air and Space Port and Mojave Junior Senior High School.

Aerodrome
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The is a general-use public airport with three main areas of activity: flight testing, space industry development, and aircraft heavy maintenance and storage.

School
Mojave High School, is a nine-month public high school that is part of Clark County School District located in North Las Vegas, . After a year of sharing a campus at on a "double session" schedule where Cheyenne students attended…

Building
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The is the only civilian test-pilot school in the United States, located in Mojave, California. It is organized as a not-for-profit educational institute under state law and is governed by a board of trustees.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Reefer City.

Locality
is a ghost town in , . It was located 3.25 miles south-southwest of Mojave, at an elevation of 2762 feet. still appeared on maps as late as 1947. is situated 3½ miles south of Mojave.

Mojave

Latitude
35.0525° or 35° 3′ 9″ north
Longitude
-118.174° or 118° 10′ 26″ west
Population
4,240
Elevation
2,762 feet (842 metres)
IATA airport code
MHV
United Nations Location Code
US MOJ
Open location code
85733R2G+XC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150971661
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5373965
Wiki­data ID
Q1943133
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Mojave” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “موهافي”
  • Basque: “Mojave”
  • Catalan: “Mojave”
  • Cebuano: “Mojave”
  • Chechen: “Мохаве”
  • Chinese: “Mojave”
  • Chinese: “莫哈維”
  • Croatian: “Mojave”
  • Dutch: “Mojave”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “موهافى”
  • French: “Mojave”
  • German: “Mojave, Kalifornien”
  • German: “Mojave”
  • Gilaki: “موجاوه”
  • Irish: “Mojave”
  • Italian: “Mojave”
  • Japanese: “モハーヴェ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Mojave”
  • Korean: “모하비”
  • Ladin: “Mojave”
  • Malagasy: “Mojave, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “Mojave”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mojave”
  • Newari: “मोयाभे, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “मोयाभे”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mojave”
  • Persian: “موهاوه، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “موهاوه”
  • Polish: “Mojave”
  • Portuguese: “Mojave”
  • Russian: “Мохаве”
  • Russian: “Мохави”
  • Serbian: “Мохави”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mojave, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mojave, Kalifornija”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mojave”
  • Slovenian: “Mohave”
  • Slovenian: “Mojave”
  • South Azerbaijani: “موهاوه، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Mojave (California)”
  • Spanish: “Mojave”
  • Swahili: “Mojave, California”
  • Tatar: “Мохаве”
  • Turkish: “Mojave”
  • Ukrainian: “Могаві”
  • Ukrainian: “Мохаве”
  • Urdu: “موجاوی، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Volapük: “Mojave (CA)”
  • Volapük: “Mojave (California)”
  • Volapük: “Mojave, CA”
  • Volapük: “Mojave, California”
  • Volapük: “Mojave”

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