Sierra Madre

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Sierra Madre (Spanish for "the mother of all saws") may refer to one of several mountain ranges:

• In Mexico:
  • Sierra Madre Occidental, a mountain range in northwestern Mexico and southern Arizona
  • Sierra Madre Oriental, a mountain range in northeastern Mexico
  • Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, a mountain range in south-central Mexico
  • Sierra Madre del Sur, a mountain range in southern Mexico
  • Sierra Madre de Chiapas, a mountain range which extends from southeastern Mexico
• In Central America:
  • Sierra Madre de Chiapas, the continuation of this mountain range crossing southern Guatemala, northern El Salvador, and western Honduras
• In the Philippines:
  • Sierra Madre (Philippines), a mountain range on Luzon island
• In the United States:
  • Sierra Madre Mountains (California), a mountain range in the state of California
  • Sierra Madre, California, a town in Los Angeles County located at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains
  • Sierra Madre range (Wyoming), a mountain range overlapping the Medicine Bow National Forest in Wyoming

[edit] Entertainment

• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, a 1927 novel
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film), 1948 film made from the novel