What is the importance of the town, Encaleflora, in the novel, Incantation?

Encaleflora is the town where Estrella, her family, and Catalina and her family live and work. It is a town that Estrella says no longer exists, but at the time, appears to be like any typical town surrounded by farmland. It is especially impacted by the Inquisition, as its normally placid residents are ready to tear one another apart.