Cordillera de Apaneca is a volcanic

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in western

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. It consists mainly of volcanoes. Ilamatepec volcano, one of the most active in the region, is a part of this range. The volcanoes in the range Santa Ana Volcano, Izalco Volcano, and Cerro Verde were the inspiration for the two active and one dormant volcanoes in

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, vicomte de Saint-Exupéry (29 June 1900 – 31 July 1944), known simply as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (, , ), was a French writer, poet, journalist and aviator. Born in Lyon to an French nobility, aristocratic ...

's novella ''

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'', based on his life with his Salvadoran wife

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, who was The Rose in the story.

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* Cordillera de Apaneca Cordillera de Apaneca Apaneca {{ElSalvador-geo-stub

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