Bancroft

Bancroft is the capital city of Martonia. With an estimated population of 501,780 as of October 2020, it is the seventh most populous city in the country, and located in the Metro Bancroft area at the country's easternmost point.

The area chosen for the capital had been inhabited by the Native Martonians since the late 2nd century, principally the Koionda people. The city is often referred to within its indigenous communities as Baukonyei, a portmanteau of the Koionda-language words bãukó ("lake") and kònyéì ("city") with the diacritics removed. European settlement commenced in the early 1820s, and the city was officially established as Bancroft in 1885. Following a lengthy debate over whether Ashbourne or Brookshire would be the capital city, the colonizers settled on having it be Bancroft.