Border with Mandera
The town faces Mandera across the Kenyan border, and the two settlements sit so close together that their street patterns almost touch on the map.
Minimalist map poster · Somalia
3.9284° N / 41.8800° E
A compact border town in southwestern Somalia, facing Mandera across the Kenyan frontier, set in open, dry country.

One city, five moods
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The map
Beled Hawo is a town in the Gedo region of southwestern Somalia, sitting directly on the border with Kenya, opposite the Kenyan town of Mandera. The Ethiopian frontier lies a short distance to the north, so this is one of the corners where three countries come close together. On the map the town is a compact cluster of streets set in wide, open country.
The street pattern is simple and fairly regular, with blocks of low buildings arranged around a few main roads. The border is not a physical barrier along much of its length, and from above Beled Hawo and Mandera read almost like neighbouring districts. The surrounding land is semi-arid, so the built area stands out clearly against the empty space around it.
Like much of Gedo, the area depends on livestock and cross-border trade, and it has experienced displacement during Somalia's long years of conflict. A Beled Hawo map poster offers a calm, respectful view of the place: a small grid of streets, the roads leading out toward the rest of the region, and the quiet landscape surrounding them.
The town faces Mandera across the Kenyan border, and the two settlements sit so close together that their street patterns almost touch on the map.
Short, mostly straight streets form a small, legible grid, giving the poster a clean centre with little visual clutter.
Around the town the map is largely empty, reflecting the semi-arid plain and letting the settlement stand out as a sharp, self-contained shape.
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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 Beled Hawo
Many people from Gedo live far from home, in Nairobi, Minneapolis, London or elsewhere. A map of Beled Hawo is a simple way to keep the town in view, especially for families separated by long distances, and it gives a small place the same care as a capital city.
You can write the title in Somali or English, add a subtitle and keep or change the coordinates. Choose Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand, and download HD files in six print sizes for $9, ready for any print shop.
Order the Beled Hawo 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.
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