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Place Name
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Vacaville
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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71,479 (1990)
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Location
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Solano County, California (CA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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38°22'N
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Longitude
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121°58'W
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Vacaville
, city (1990 pop. 71,479), Solano co., central
Calif. 30 mi/48 km WSW of Sacramento;
38°22'N 121°58'W. In a farm and orchard area (fruit, almonds,
grain, sugar beets, sunflowers, safflower, beans, tomatoes;
nursery prods.; cattle, lambs). Food prods. are made in the city, and
fruits and vegetables are canned; mfg. (industrial machinery, pipe
shields, aluminum prods., mattresses and metal plate work). Vacaville
has grown tremendously in size as the central Calif. area has boomed;
its pop. growing almost 4-fold bet. 1970 and 1990. A state prison
medical facility; Travis Air Force Base and Hosp. to S; Mt. Vaca
(2,819 ft/859 m). Inc. 1892.
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