Cities

Cities in the Grand Theft Auto games are large population centres. Many GTA games contain only one city, but the first Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto: London 1961, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto V contain multiple.

GTA games are replete with fictional cities, many of which are based on real-life locations:


 * Liberty City is based on in the 2D Universe and HD Universe, and a mix of various cities (New York City,, , ,  and ) in the 3D Universe. Liberty City is the most used city so far, with different renditions featuring in each universe.
 * New Guernsey is a neighboring state of Liberty City in the 2D Universe, containing Guernsey City (based on ).
 * Alderney is a neighboring state to the State of Liberty in the HD Universe, containing Alderney City (based on Jersey City and ).
 * San Andreas in the 2D Universe is a city based on . San Andreas in the 3D Universe is a state comprised of three major cities: Los Santos, San Fierro (San Francisco) and Las Venturas . In the HD Universe, San Andreas is also a state, made up of Los Santos (Los Angeles) and the incorporated cities of Davis , Del Perro and Rockford Hills.
 * Los Santos is a counterpart to Los Angeles in both the 3D and HD Universes.
 * San Fierro is a counterpart to San Francisco in both the 3D and HD Universes.
 * Las Venturas is a counterpart to Las Vegas in both the 3D and HD Universes.
 * Ludendorff, North Yankton, is a small, rural town based to, featured in Grand Theft Auto V and can only be encountered during Prologue and Bury the Hatchet.
 * London is a rendition of the real city in Grand Theft Auto: London, 1969 and Grand Theft Auto: London, 1961.
 * Manchester is a rendition of the real city in the multiplayer of Grand Theft Auto: London 1961.
 * Vice City is a counterpart to in the 2D and HD Universes, but only influenced by it in 3D Universe.
 * Anywhere City in Grand Theft Auto 2 is not based on any specific city.
 * Carcer City is a city located in the United States heartland said to be neighboring Liberty City. Whilst not featured in any game, it is mentioned in Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto V; and is the setting for Manhunt.
 * Cottonmouth in Manhunt 2 is based on large southern US cities, including, , and has various references to other GTA cities.
 * Bullworth is the setting for Bully. Has various references to the GTA Series. One for example, on television in GTA IV. The city is situated in New England.
 * Capital City is a city mentioned in the miles traveled stats of Grand Theft Auto IV. It may refer to either (the capital of the United States) or to the unnamed capital of the State of Liberty.

Trivia

 * Vice City and Miami coexist in the 3D Universe, as confirmed in the Francis International Airport website for Grand Theft Auto III.
 * Ludendorff is one of three locations to feature snowfall, the others being Los Santos (during Christmas time in both GTA V and GTA Online) and Liberty City (during the mission Saint Mark's Bistro in GTA San Andreas).