Solano County is a county located in Bay-Delta region of the U.S. state of California, about halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento and is one of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. As of 2000 its population was 394,542. Two of the County's seven cities, Benicia and Vallejo, served as the State's Capital in the early 1850's. The County serves seven jurisdictions: Benicia, Dixon, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Suisun City, Vacaville and Vallejo in addition to the unincorporated areas. The City of Fairfield is the County Seat. The County has a general law form of government. Its five-member Board of Supervisors (the "Board") is elected by district for four-year terms of office. Agriculture in Solano is diversified with approx. 70 different commodities including fruits, nuts, vegetables, grains, seed, nursery stock & live stock. Walnuts continue to be the fastest expanding crop in terms of newly planted acres. Solano County is in the top five California Counties for the production of sheep and lambs, corn(grain), and Sudan grass hay.
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