Panjang Beach
The name simply means long beach, and the map shows why: an uninterrupted strip of sand running for kilometres along the city's western edge.
Minimalist map poster · Indonesia
3.8004° S / 102.2655° E
A quiet port city on Sumatra's west coast, stretched along a long straight beach facing the Indian Ocean.





One city, five moods
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The map
Bengkulu faces the Indian Ocean on the western coast of Sumatra, with the Barisan Mountains rising some distance inland. On a map the city is defined by its coastline: a long, almost straight beach running north to south, the old centre set close to the sea, and small lagoons and river mouths breaking the shore. Streets spread inland from the coast in a loose pattern across flat, low-lying ground.
From the late seventeenth century Bengkulu, then Bencoolen, was a British East India Company outpost, and Fort Marlborough, completed in the early eighteenth century, still stands near the shore. The British handed the settlement to the Dutch under the treaty of 1824. Much later, Sukarno spent several years here in exile, and it is where he met Fatmawati, who sewed Indonesia's first flag.
A Bengkulu map poster draws out the simple strength of this setting. The shoreline runs as one long clean line down the sheet, Panjang Beach stretches beside the coastal road, and the fort and old quarter sit close to the water. Inland, the street pattern gradually thins toward plantations and forest, giving the map a calm, open feel.
The name simply means long beach, and the map shows why: an uninterrupted strip of sand running for kilometres along the city's western edge.
The eighteenth-century British fort stands near the sea on the edge of the old centre, a compact walled shape that marks where the colonial settlement began.
Small river mouths and lagoons interrupt the coast in places, adding irregular water shapes to an otherwise straight and even shoreline.
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Why Bengkulu
Bengkulu is a place people leave for Jakarta or Palembang and still think of as home, remembering the long beach, the fort and the slower rhythm of the coast. A map of the city is a simple way to keep that shoreline in view.
Personalise the title, subtitle and coordinates line with a family name, a kampung or a special date. Five styles are available, Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint and Sand, as print-ready HD files for $9 or a printed poster, framed if you prefer.
Order the Bengkulu 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 |
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