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Vallejo

Also known as Vallejo, California, Vallejo, CA

city in Solano County, California, United States

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Vallejo is a city located in Solano County in Northern California. It matters as a significant population center in the Bay Area region with historical importance to the state's development.

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Official name: Vallejo
Population: 126090
Area: 128.309864
Elevation: 69
Official website: www.cityofvallejo.net
Image: USA-Vallejo-City Hall and County Building-1.jpg
Households: 41863
Dialing code: 707

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Commons category: Vallejo, California
postal code: 94592
inception: 1851-00-00
water as percent of area: 38.0884
water area: 48.871151
per capita income: 32826
native label: Vallejo

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Vallejo (/vəˈleɪ(h)oʊ/ və-LAY-(h)oh; Spanish pronunciation: [baˈʎexo] ) is a city in Solano County, California, United States, and the second largest city in the North Bay region of the Bay Area. Located on the shores of San Pablo Bay, the city had a population of 126,090 at the 2020 United States census. Vallejo is home to the Cal Poly Maritime Academy, Touro University California, and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.

Vallejo is named after Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, the famed Californio general and statesman. The city was founded in 1851 on General Vallejo's Rancho Suscol to serve as the capital city of California, which it was from 1852 to 1853, after which the Californian government moved to neighboring Benicia, named in honor of Vallejo's wife Benicia Carrillo de Vallejo. The Mare Island Naval Shipyard was founded in 1854, and defined Vallejo's economy until the turn of the 21st century.