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Unlike the [[State of Liberty]] or the [[State of Florida]], much of San Andreas is completely accessible to the player. The state is divided into three cities and five counties, the cities of [[Los Santos in GTA III Era|Los Santos]], [[San Fierro]] and [[Las Venturas]], and the counties of [[Red County]], [[Flint County]], [[Whetstone]], [[Tierra Robada]] and [[Bone County]]. | Unlike the [[State of Liberty]] or the [[State of Florida]], much of San Andreas is completely accessible to the player. The state is divided into three cities and five counties, the cities of [[Los Santos in GTA III Era|Los Santos]], [[San Fierro]] and [[Las Venturas]], and the counties of [[Red County]], [[Flint County]], [[Whetstone]], [[Tierra Robada]] and [[Bone County]]. | ||
San Andreas has a very diverse climate and terrain. The first region (Los Santos, Flint, and Red Counties) is mainly made up of forests (with the area directly north of Los Santos meant to be a loose representation of the [[wp:Angeles National Forest|Angeles National Forest]]) and some creeks and small towns (representing the [[wp:San Fernando Valley|San Fernando Valley]]). The weather in this region is very warm, and in Los Santos, it can get very smoggy. The second region (San Fierro and Whetstone) is mostly cool, and in San Fierro is foggy. The terrain here is also forest-like, with many rugged hills and boasting [[Mount Chiliad]]. The third area, [[Tierra Robada]] and [[Bayside]], is semi-arid and partly forest-like. [[Bayside]] is meant to represent affluent [[wp:Sausalito, California|Sausalito]], while the areas outside it seem to represent Redwood forest areas outside the San Francisco Bay Area. The fourth and final region (Bone County and Las Venturas) is an arid climate, with the terrain being high elevated deserts with natural formations such as [[El Castillo del Diablo]] and government buildings such as [[The Big Ear]] and [[Area 69]]. One can find many cactus and desert trees here. | San Andreas has a very diverse climate and terrain. The first region (Los Santos, Flint, and Red Counties) is mainly made up of forests (with the area directly north of Los Santos meant to be a loose representation of the [[wp:Angeles National Forest|Angeles National Forest]]) and some creeks and small towns (representing the [[wp:San Fernando Valley|San Fernando Valley]]). The weather in this region is very warm, and in Los Santos, it can get very smoggy. The second region (San Fierro and Whetstone) is mostly cool, and in San Fierro is foggy. The terrain here is also forest-like, with many rugged hills and boasting [[Mount Chiliad in GTA III Era|Mount Chiliad]]. The third area, [[Tierra Robada]] and [[Bayside]], is semi-arid and partly forest-like. [[Bayside]] is meant to represent affluent [[wp:Sausalito, California|Sausalito]], while the areas outside it seem to represent Redwood forest areas outside the San Francisco Bay Area. The fourth and final region (Bone County and Las Venturas) is an arid climate, with the terrain being high elevated deserts with natural formations such as [[El Castillo del Diablo]] and government buildings such as [[The Big Ear]] and [[Area 69]]. One can find many cactus and desert trees here. | ||
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|[[File:DowntownSanFierro-GTASA.jpg|thumb|left|210px|right|San Fierro]] | |[[File:DowntownSanFierro-GTASA.jpg|thumb|left|210px|right|San Fierro]] | ||
|style="vertical-align:top;"|'''San Fierro''' is the smallest city in San Andreas, situated on a peninsula in the western portion of the state. It is a fictional city based on the real city of San Francisco, California, with the additional references of two Firth of Forth bridges in Scotland, the Forth Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge, the latter being made to also resemble the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in both design and physical location. South of San Fierro lies the massive [[Mount Chiliad]] and the little town of [[Angel Pine]] in [[Whetstone]]. North of the city, across the [[Gant Bridge]] (San Fierro's version of the Golden Gate Bridge), lies the small town of [[Bayside]]. Northeast of the city lies the county of [[Tierra Robada]]. To the east is the [[Panopticon]], and to the southeast is [[Flint County]]. | |style="vertical-align:top;"|'''San Fierro''' is the smallest city in San Andreas, situated on a peninsula in the western portion of the state. It is a fictional city based on the real city of San Francisco, California, with the additional references of two Firth of Forth bridges in Scotland, the Forth Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge, the latter being made to also resemble the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in both design and physical location. South of San Fierro lies the massive [[Mount Chiliad in GTA III Era|Mount Chiliad]] and the little town of [[Angel Pine]] in [[Whetstone]]. North of the city, across the [[Gant Bridge]] (San Fierro's version of the Golden Gate Bridge), lies the small town of [[Bayside]]. Northeast of the city lies the county of [[Tierra Robada]]. To the east is the [[Panopticon]], and to the southeast is [[Flint County]]. | ||
The city bears visible scars of an earthquake, a likely reference to the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, 3 years before the game takes place. However, news on the radio reports on the aftermath of an earthquake early in the game, suggesting that a major earthquake had hit the state recently. | The city bears visible scars of an earthquake, a likely reference to the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, 3 years before the game takes place. However, news on the radio reports on the aftermath of an earthquake early in the game, suggesting that a major earthquake had hit the state recently. | ||
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File:TierraRobada-GTASA.jpg|Tierra Robada. | File:TierraRobada-GTASA.jpg|Tierra Robada. | ||
File:BoneCounty-GTASA.jpg|Bone County. | File:BoneCounty-GTASA.jpg|Bone County. | ||
File:MountChiliad-GTASA.jpg|Magnificient view of Whetstone featuring the most popular landmark of the area, [[Mount Chiliad]]. | File:MountChiliad-GTASA.jpg|Magnificient view of Whetstone featuring the most popular landmark of the area, [[Mount Chiliad in GTA III Era|Mount Chiliad]]. | ||
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