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Solano County is a county located in central part of the U.S. state of California, about halfway between San Francisco and
Sacramento and is one of the nine
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San Francisco Bay Area counties. As of 2000 its population was 394,542. The county seat is Fairfield.
Solano County was one of the
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original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood. Prior to statehood, it had been refered to as Benicia County.
The county derives its
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name indirectly from that of the Spanish Franciscan missionary, Father Francisco Solano, whose name was given in baptism to the chief of one of the Native American tribes of the region. Before receiving
the name Solano, the chief was called Sem-yeto, which signifies "brave or fierce hand." At the request of General Mariano Vallejo, the county was named for Chief Solano, who at one time ruled over most of the land and tribes between the Petaluma Creek and the Sacramento River. "Solano" is a
common surname in the north of Spain, specially in Navarra, Zaragoza and La Rioja.