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|games = [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]

|name = State of San Andreas

The State of San Andreas consists of three main cities:

===Los Santos===

{{Main|Los Santos in GTA San Andreas}}

'''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).

===San Fierro===

{{Main|San Fierro}}

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.

===Las Venturas===

{{Main|Las Venturas}}

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In addition to the three principal metropolises, San Andreas state is home to large counties and other regions:

File:RedCounty-GTASA.jpg|Red County.  

File:FlintCounty-GTASA.jpg|Flint County.

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==Towns==

====Angel Pine====

{{Main|Angel Pine}}

'''Angel Pine''' is a logging town in Whetstone, located on the foot of Mount Chiliad. It is notable because it contains a hospital from which [[Paramedic]] missions can be performed. It also contains a sheriff's office, a saw mill, an Ammu-Nation and a trailer park. Interestingly, a hearse may also be found parked near the hospital. Carl Johnson was dropped off here by Frank Tenpenny, Eddie Pulaski and [[Jimmy Hernandez]] after Sweet Johnson was shot.

====Bayside====

{{Main|Bayside}}

'''Bayside''' is a waterfront town located on the western tip of Tierra Robada, just north across the bay from San Fierro. The sole access point to the town is directly linked to San Fierro via the [[Gant Bridge]].

====El Quebrados====

{{Main|El Quebrados}}

'''El Quebrados''' is home to a sheriffs department as well as a medical center. The town is located east of Bayside. The name ''El Quebrados'', which is an improper mix of singular and plural Spanish, translates roughly to "The Bankrupt," or "the Broken".

====Las Barrancas====

{{Main|Las Barrancas}}

'''Las Barrancas''' is located within viewing range of the [[Sherman Dam]], and is also located just beside a cliffside ruin. "Las Barrancas" is Spanish for "The Ravines".

====Fort Carson====

{{Main|Fort Carson}}

'''Fort Carson''' is the largest town in Bone County, and also its county seat, as indicated by the small red building in the main street, having been significantly undeveloped as of 1992. It is based on the real life town of Rachel, Nevada, which is the closest habitation to Area 51. North of the town is Area 69, as well as the smaller town of [[Las Payasadas]]. It has a small hospital and a sheriff's office. There is also an Ammu-Nation just outside of town. The town is located west of [[Las Venturas]]. A small [[Cropduster|cropduster]] is known to appear next to one of the houses near here and it is flyable.

====Las Payasadas====

{{Main|Las Payasadas}}

'''Las Payasadas''' (Spanish for "clowning off") bills itself as the home of "The Big Pecker — the world's largest cock", which in fact is a huge animatronic rooster designed to advertise a store called "Pecker's Feed and Seed". It is located in northern Bone County. Possibly based on Palisade, Nevada.

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==Other Areas==

====The Panopiction====

{{Main|The Panopticon}}

'''The Panopticon''' is a little area situated in [[Red County]]. It is home to the infamous [[Leatherface]], due to the clue of blood stains in the cabins. There are [[Shovel]] and [[Chainsaw]] pickups in the area.

====The Sherman Reservoir and Dam====

{{Main|Sherman Reservoir|Sherman Dam}}

The county is bordered in the west by the '''Sherman Reservoir''' and '''Sherman Dam''' (based on the Hoover Dam) as well as Tierra Robada county. Las Venturas is located to its east, and Red County to its south. The county as a whole is obviously based on rural portions for the American state of Nevada, because it has a similar climate, terrain and topography.

====Restricted Area (Area 69)====

{{Main|Area 69}}

'''Area 69''' is a restricted, fenced-in military base, patterned after Area 51 and named for the 69 sex position. The base houses various clandestine government projects, including the "[[Black Project]]" [[jetpack]]. It may possibly house some projects involving UFOs and/or extraterrestrial life, as suggested by the presence of the nearby "[[Lil' Probe Inn]]" (a reference to the Lil' Ale Inn), dialog on the base's PA system during the "Black Project" mission, and by dialog on [[Marvin Trill|Marvin Trill's]] in-game radio show.

Much of the base consists of underground research labs, although the player can only enter the labs during the course of one mission, or by finding a way into San Andreas' "[[Blue Hell]]", an area under the main terrain mesh, and finding the underground base there. The above-ground structures include a series of control towers, guard posts, and garages for military vehicles. These garages are the first area in the game in which tanks and military helicopters will automatically spawn. The player automatically receives a five-star wanted level for entering, attempting to enter, or flying over the base (at a low altitude); surface-to-air missiles will be fired at the player from the base if he attempts to fly over. The SAM sites which launch the missiles can be destroyed however, and if flying a [[Hydra]] aircraft, flare decoys can be deployed to reduce the likelihood of being shot down.

====Lil'Probe'Inn====

{{Main|Lil' Probe Inn}}

The '''Lil' Probe Inn''', a fictional bar/motel, is located north from Fort Carson. The Lil' Probe Inn is actually a parody of the Little A'le Inn in Rachel; the interior of the Probe Inn matches the interior of the real life Little A'le Inn. Down the road from the Probe Inn is [[Area 69]]. Its name is a mix of the real-life Little A'le Inn while also referring to "probing", the alleged anal probes used in alien research.

====The Big Ear====

{{Main|The Big Ear}}

'''The Big Ear''', a large satellite dish located west of Area 69, is claimed by the official ''San Andreas'' website to emit radiation that results in birth defects in the local populace, specifically where newborns are born without ears. Fort Carson is also seen in ''[[The Introduction]]''. [[Ken Rosenberg]] was in rehab in the town's hospital.

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