The northern road
The main highway runs through the town like a spine, carrying traffic between Mekelle and the Eritrean border. Most of the street pattern is organised along it.
Minimalist map poster · Ethiopia
14.2770° N / 39.4620° E
A highland town strung along the northern road, its streets spreading across a high plateau near the Eritrean border.

One city, five moods
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On the wall



The map
Ādīgrat lies in the far north of Ethiopia's Tigray region, on a high plateau well over two thousand metres above sea level, not far from the border with Eritrea. On a map the town gathers around the main road that runs north from Mekelle toward the frontier. Side streets branch off it and thin out into open, rocky country broken by ridges and dry watercourses.
Its position has long made it a crossroads town, a stop for trade and travel between the Ethiopian highlands and the routes further north. Adigrat is also a religious centre and the seat of a Catholic eparchy. It is home to Adigrat University as well, which has added new campus buildings and streets on the edge of the older town.
An Ādīgrat map poster turns this setting into clean linework: the long spine of the highway, the finer net of neighbourhood lanes and the blank space of the plateau pressing in on every side. It is a spare, honest picture of a mountain town shaped by its road and its altitude, and it holds up well in a plain black-and-white print.
The main highway runs through the town like a spine, carrying traffic between Mekelle and the Eritrean border. Most of the street pattern is organised along it.
Beyond the last blocks the map opens into highland terrain. Tracks and seasonal streams trace faint lines across ground that sits well above two thousand metres.
Adigrat University has grown on the outskirts. Its campus roads and larger building footprints form a distinct cluster against the otherwise fine grain of the town.
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The free preview is low-resolution with a watermark. Prints and HD files are rendered at 300 DPI, up to 7,200 × 10,800 px, without a watermark.
Why Ādīgrat
People from Adigrat who live elsewhere often want a simple, dignified image of home, and a map does that without needing a photograph. Add a title, subtitle and coordinates line, such as a family name or a year, and pick Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand.
The digital download is $9 and includes six sizes, from 30×40 cm to 24×36″, as 300 DPI PNG and print-ready PDF files with no watermark. You can also order a printed matte poster, with an optional wooden frame, from print partners in more than 30 countries.
Order the Ādīgrat poster| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.
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It is printed on premium 200 gsm matte paper in one of six sizes, from 30 × 40 cm to 24 × 36″. Printed posters start at $39, shipping included.
Yes. Choose a solid wood frame in black, white, natural oak or dark wood. It comes with shatterproof glazing and is ready to hang. Framed posters start at $99, shipping included.
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Send us a photo within 14 days of delivery and we will reprint it for free or refund you.
Yes. In the editor on this page, change the title, the subtitle and the coordinates line to anything you like, and pick a style and size. Printed, framed and digital orders all use exactly your design.
For $9 you get 300 DPI PNG and print-ready PDF files in all six sizes, without a watermark, to print anywhere. Not sure yet? Download a free watermarked preview first.
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