There is a sizeable country club complete with a golf course within San Fierro. The name derives from the motto for the city of San Francisco, ' Oro en Paz, Fierro en guerra', Spanish for 'Gold in Peace, Iron in War'.
Supposedly of Spanish foundation like San Francisco, Fierro is old Spanish for Hierro (Iron), not a likely name for a saint. San Fierro is connected to Los Santos and Las Venturas by road, rail and air. San Fierro is a moderately sized city with the beautiful San Fierro Bay (based on San Francisco Bay) to the northeast and The Panopticon to the east. To the north of the city, across the Gant Bridge (a re-creation of the famous Golden Gate Bridge), lies the town of Bayside, and northeast of the city lies the county of Tierra Robada. South of the city lies the massive Mount Chiliad (based on Mount Diablo) and the small town of Angel Pine in Whetstone. It is the most urbanized city, and is situated on a peninsula on the western part of the state. San Fierro has a majority Asian population and is very diverse, economically and ethnically. San Fierro is the second largest city in population and smallest in area in San Andreas.
