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{{also|This page is about the location of San Andreas. For the game, see [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|GTA San Andreas]]. For the city in [[Grand Theft Auto 1|GTA 1]], see [[San Andreas in GTA 1]]}}

 

}}'''San Andreas''' is a fictional state in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], based on the real states of [[:wp:California|California]], [[:wp:Nevada|Nevada]], [[:wp:Arizona|Arizona]], [[:wp:Wyoming|Wyoming]] and [[:wp:Oregon|Oregon]]. San Andreas appears to be comprised entirely of islands as the state is surrounded by water, however, several maps throughout the state depict the northern regions ([[Tierra Robada]] and [[Bone County]]) connecting to the mainland. San Andreas is estimated to be 36 square kilometers in size (13.9 square miles), making it the largest setting in the GTA series.

Unlike the [[State of Liberty]] or the [[State of Florida]], much of the State 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.

|style="vertical-align:top;"|'''Los Santos''' is the largest city in San Andreas. It is based on Los Angeles, California. It is filled with references to famous L.A. landmarks, including the Hollywood Sign, the Watts Towers, the Capitol Tower, the U.S. Bank Tower and the Santa Monica Pier among many others. It borders Red County to the north and Flint County to the west. It is the hometown of [[Carl Johnson]], who returns from living in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] for five years, after his [[Sweet|brother]] informs him of their [[Beverly Johnson|mother's]] death. After a deadly shootout under the [[Mulholland Intersection]] in Los Santos, Carl Johnson is dragged by Officers [[Frank Tenpenny]], [[Eddie Pulaski]] and [[Jimmy Hernandez]] to [[Angel Pine]]. Los Santos also includes several fictional boroughs that resemble cities in L.A. County such as [[Ganton]] (Compton), [[Idlewood]] (Inglewood) and [[Vinewood]] (Hollywood).

''See also: [[Los Santos in GTA V Era]]''

|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]].

File:MountChiliad-GTASA.jpg|Magnificient view of Whetstone featuring the most popular landmark of the area, [[Mount Chiliad]].

In real life, there is a fault named the San Andreas Fault, which runs the whole length of California. Since 3/4 of San Andreas is based off of California, Rockstar probably chose that the name was suited for the state.

*It is still a state in the [[GTA IV Era]], as in the [[Liberty Tree]] article on the Eunux controversy states of a female plumber "run out of a town in San Andreas", which confirms San Andreas [[San Andreas in GTA IV Era|still is a state]] in the GTA IV era.

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