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==Cities==

The State of San Andreas consists of three main cities:

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|[[File:LosSantosSunrise.jpg|100px|Los Santos]]

!Los Santos

|<br />Los Santos is based on [[wp:Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]].

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|[[File:San Fierro Overview.jpg|100px|San Fierro]]

!San Fierro

|<br />San Fierro is mainly based on [[wp:San Francisco|San Francisco, California]]

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|[[File:LasVenturas.jpg|100px|Las Venturas]]

!Las Venturas

|<br />Las Venturas is a fictitious city based on [[wp:Las Vegas|Las Vegas, Nevada]]

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===Los Santos===

~~[[Image:LosSantosSunrise.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Los Santos]]~~

'''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 [[Sean Johnson|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).

'''Los Santos''' is the largest city in San Andreas. 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 [[Sean Johnson|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).

===San Fierro===

~~[[Image:San Fierro Overview.jpg|thumb|200px|right|San Fierro]]~~

'''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]].

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===Las Venturas===

~~[[Image:LasVenturas.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Las Venturas]]~~

'''Las Venturas''' ~~is a fictitious city based on Las Vegas, Nevada. It~~ is the second largest city in San Andreas, and like its real-life counterpart, Las Venturas is located in a desert region and enjoys legalized gambling, sporting casinos such as ''[[The Camel's Toe]]'' and ''[[Caligula's Palace]]''.

'''Las Venturas''' is the second largest city in San Andreas, and like its real-life counterpart, Las Venturas is located in a desert region and enjoys legalized gambling, sporting casinos such as ''[[The Camel's Toe]]'' and ''[[Caligula's Palace]]''.

The city is also notable for its freeway system. The [[Julius Thruway]] is a freeway that circles the whole city. Freeways from both Los Santos and San Fierro intersect with it. Another major road is the [[Harry Gold Parkway]], which runs through the middle of the city and intersects twice with the Julius Thruway and then leads to Los Santos (though it is not called the [[Harry Gold Parkway]] once it leaves the city). At one point in the game, the game's protagonist, Carl Johnson, pulls off an ''Ocean's 11''-esque heist in Caligula's Casino, subsequently fomenting relationships between Carl Johnson and [[Salvatore Leone]].