Bankera

Bankera班坷垃Bānkēlā バンクラBankura 	Bankera班坷垃Bānkēlā バンクラBankura
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Nicknames: The Capital City, The Lake City	Nicknames: The Capital City, The Lake City
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Population 	1,930,672 (2072) (3rd)
Established 	1 January 1996
Incorporated 	
- Town 	1 January 1996
- City 	1 January 2001
Divisions 	9 suburbs5 LGAs5 federal divisions
Demonym 	Bankeran
Bankera (/'bæŋkərə/ bang-kə-rə or /bæŋ'kɛrɑ/ bang-ke-rah) is the capital city of Craftia and the territorial capital of the Bankera Capital Territory. Situated at the western end of the BCT, the city serves as Craftia's seat of government, having been constructed to move the country's capital closer towards the physical centre of the island.
The third most populous city in Craftia, Bankera is unusual among Craftian cities as it is a planned city outside of any state, designed by architects Lewis Bannon and Shirley Griffith. Its foundations were constructed from 1996 to 2001, and the city had become a thriving city by the 2020s as Craftia experienced rapid economic growth. Bankera continues to outpace other Craftian cities in economic output and population growth, having overtaken Grumbroe in 2068 to become Craftia's third most populous city.
Bankera includes many buildings of national importance including Parliament House, the High Court of Craftia, the residences of the President and Prime Minister (Federal Lodge and Bankera House respectively), Craftian National University, and Bankera Capital Airport.
==History==
Bankera is a planned city. It replaced Notchropolis as the country's permanent capital on January 1, 2001. Rapid urban sprawl since the 2020s has forced the city to lose some of its original symmetry, however the Capital Circle remains the same as when it was first designed.