Banco Grande

Banco Grande Province Propinsi Bank Besai Grand Bank Province
Province
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Nickname(s):  The Friendly Province
Country	Slokais Islands
Establishment	01 January 1894
Capital and largest city	Las Pinas
Ethnic groups	45% Mescaldo 17% Ren 11.5% Costenos 10.8% Indigenous 5.4 Afro Slokasians 4.6% Damensara 4.3% Blancos 2.9% Kaijanese 2.1% Haesanite 1% Other 0.5% Andharian
Demonym(s)	Bancoan
Government
• Governor	Joaquin Lin (National Alliance)
• Speaker of the Kayoah-Ko Assembly	Robert "Bubba" Marquez
• Upper house	Banco Grande Senate
• Lower house	Banco Grande Assembly
National representation
• Slokaisian Legislature	15/643
Population
• 2025 census	1,575,512 (17th)
Postal	BG

Banco Grande is a province in Slokais Islands home to 1,575,512 people. With a capital city at Las Pinas, Banco Grande is a relatively small province with much of the province being made of wetlands. The province is known for it's traditional culture such as food, folk music and art. However the largest industry's are fishing and palm oil production which occur in the vast Malunam Wetlands as well as lithium mining. While located on San Fernando Island, the province has more cultural ties with Acaida and Pindai due to history.

Etymology

Banco Grande is named for the geography of the region, which is relatively flat and juts out from the rest of San Fernando Island. The name was chosen in the 1565 by Servando Villanueva, when writing to the San Fernando Colony to describe his recently built Church. However after 1830, Grand Bank was used to describe the region and was used as the name of the province until 1941 when the name was translated back into Spanish.