La Ventosa is a town of about 4000 inhabitants in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of Juchitán de Zaragoza, in the state of

Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...

, in southern Mexico. The name means "the windy one". Because of the strong winds in the area, which can destroy structures, destroy electricity infrastructure and force the government to cancel school hour, many wind-farms have been built in the area. It lies at the junction of

Mexican Federal Highway 185 Federal Highway 185 (''Carretera Federal 185'') is a Federal Highway of Mexico. The highway travels from Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz in the north to Salina Cruz, Oaxaca in the south. It is also known as the ''Carretera Transístmica'' because it cro ...

with Mexican Federal Highway 190. The town is 37 meters above sea level.

References

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Mexico’s Wind Farms Brought Prosperity, but Not for Everyone
''The New York Times''. Accessed June 2018. Populated places in Oaxaca