Vallejo in Spanish is a seaside town in Solano County, California, situated in the San Francisco Bay Area sub-region of North Bay. Geographically, Vallejo is the nearest city in North Bay to the Inner East Bay. The population exceeds 115,000 people. Vallejo is home to the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom amusement park, the now-defunctioning Mare Island Naval Shipyard and the United States Forest Service Regional Office 5. The Vallejo colleges and universities are California Maritime Academy, Solano Community College's Vallejo Center campus, and Touro University California. Vallejo occupies a total area of 49 miles.