Oasis town plan
Broad, straight streets and regular blocks mark the administrative centre, forming a crisp shape against the soft outlines of the fields and desert.
Minimalist map poster · Egypt
25.4510° N / 30.5465° E
The capital of Egypt's New Valley, a town of palm groves and straight roads set in a long desert depression





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The map
Al Khārjah, often written Kharga, is the capital of the New Valley Governorate and the main town of the Kharga Oasis in Egypt's Western Desert. It sits in a long depression below the surrounding plateau. On a map the town appears as a clearly bounded settlement of wide streets, surrounded by farm plots and palm groves, with open desert on every side.
Much of the layout dates from the town's twentieth-century growth as an administrative centre, which shows in its broad, straight roads and regular blocks. Older quarters and farmland sit closer to the wells and springs that have supported the oasis for thousands of years. Roads link Kharga with the Nile Valley and with Dakhla Oasis to the west.
Just north of the town stand the Temple of Hibis, whose decoration dates largely to the Persian period, and the Bagawat necropolis, one of the oldest surviving Christian cemeteries in the world. An Al Khārjah map poster places these within the town's broader geometry. The result is a spare composition of streets, fields and desert, very different from the cities of the Nile.
Broad, straight streets and regular blocks mark the administrative centre, forming a crisp shape against the soft outlines of the fields and desert.
North of the centre lie the Temple of Hibis and the domed tombs of the Bagawat necropolis, two of the best-known ancient sites in the oasis.
Beyond the cultivated land, the map empties into open desert, so the town appears as a clearly drawn island within the depression.
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Why Al Khārjah
Kharga matters to people from the New Valley, to those who have worked there and to travellers drawn to the oases of the Western Desert. Its clean outline against empty ground makes a restrained, architectural poster.
Personalise the title, subtitle and coordinates line, and choose Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand, which suits the desert setting. HD files for six print sizes cost $9, and printed posters ship from partners in 30+ countries.
Order the Al Khārjah poster| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm (11.8 × 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 cm (18 × 24″) | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm (19.7 × 27.6″) | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm (24 × 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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