La Ventanilla, Oaxaca
| La Ventanilla | |
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East end of the beach
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 La Ventanilla
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| Coordinates: 15°40′19″N 96°34′19″W / 15.67194°N 96.57194°W | |
| Country |
 Mexico
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| State | Oaxaca |
| Municipality | Santa María Tonameca |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 99 |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| Area code(s) | 958 |
Coordinates: 15°40′12″N 96°34′44″W / 15.67°N 96.579°W
La Ventanilla is a small village on a beach and lagoon in the municipality of Santa María Tonameca, Oaxaca, Mexico. It is best known as an ecotourism center based on its natural resources. It is located on the Costa Chica section of Oaxaca, just west of Mazunte. The La Ventanilla area consists of a long, unbroken stretch of undeveloped beach and a lagoon wedged between the Pacific Ocean and the Sierra Madre del Sur. In the 1990s, the area was nothing more than a coconut plantation with three families living there, and did not have electricity until 1999. Today, the area is home to about twenty five Zapotec families who are dedicated to preserving the ecology of both the beach and the lagoon and live in a small village located on the far east end of the beach.
The far east end of the beach is the location of a high rocky peak, which has a small opening that gives the area its name of “little window” or ventanilla. The beach here has fine white sand and warm clear blue waters. This beach continues west unbroken almost all the way to Puerto Escondido. During certain times of the year, hundreds of sea turtles come ashore to lay eggs here. The community volunteers to protect these turtles, even helping tired ones climb up the steep sections of the beach. After the eggs are laid and the turtles return to sea, volunteers gather the eggs to rebury them in a safe spot which is monitored. About three months later, the baby turtles are released back into the ocean.
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