Benicia, California

Benicia
City
City of Benicia
Benicia Capitol Portuguese Hall of Benicia View from the Carquinez Strait Benicia Arsenal clocktower Downtown Benicia Old Arsenal Blacksmith
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Motto:  "It’s better in Benicia"
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Country	United States
State	California
County	Solano
Incorporated	March 27, 1850[1]
Government
• Mayor	Steve Young[2]
• State senator	Bill Dodd (D)[3]
• Assemblymember	Buffy Wicks (D)[3]
• U. S. rep.	John Garamendi (D)[4]
Area [5]
• Total	14.12 sq mi (36.57 km2)
• Land	12.81 sq mi (33.19 km2)
• Water	1.31 sq mi (3.39 km2)  17.75%
Elevation [6]	26 ft (8 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	27,131
• Density	2,117.46/sq mi (817.56/km2)
Time zone	UTC−8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP Code	94510
Area code	707
FIPS code	06-05290
GNIS feature IDs	0277472, 2409833
Website	www.ci.benicia.ca.us

Benicia (/bəˈniːʃə/ bə-NEE-shə, Spanish: [beˈnisja]) is a city in Solano County, California, located 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.