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Benicia
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city in Solano County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Solano
- Incorporated
- March 27, 1850
- Mayor
- Steve Young
- State senator
- Christopher Cabaldon ( D )
- Assemblymember
- Lori Wilson ( D )
- U s rep
- John Garamendi ( D )
- Total
- 14.12 sq mi (36.57 km )
- Land
- 12.81 sq mi (33.19 km )
- Water
- 1.31 sq mi (3.39 km ) 9.26%
- Elevation
- 26 ft (8 m)
- Density
- 2,117.5/sq mi (817.56/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 ( PDT )
- Area code
- 707, 369
- Fips code
- 06-05290
- Gnis feature ids
- 0277472 , 2409833
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Benicia
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Solano County
- Population
- 27131
- Area
- 40.714397
- Elevation
- 26
- Shares border with
- Vallejo
- Official website
- www.ci.benicia.ca.us
- Image
- Benicia Capitol.jpg
- Households
- 11455
- Dialing code
- 707
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- Commons category
- Benicia, California
- topic's main category
- Category:Benicia, California
- Commons gallery
- Benicia
- postal code
- 94510
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Benicia, California
- inception
- 1850-01-01
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- water as percent of area
- 17.7549
- water area
- 7.22882
- per capita income
- 52942
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Encyclopedic overview
Benicia is a city in Solano County, California, on the north bank of the Carquinez Strait in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. It served as the capital of California for nearly thirteen months from 1853 to 1854. The population was 27,131 at the 2020 United States census. Benicia is just east of Vallejo and across the strait from Martinez.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Benicia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.