Regional capital core
The centre of town holds the main administrative and market areas, where streets are most closely spaced and the map is densest.
Minimalist map poster · Chad
14.5273° N / 20.9260° E
A Sahel town in eastern Chad, a compact grid of sandy streets set in wide, dry country crossed by seasonal wadis

One city, five moods
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Actual pixels · 24 × 36″ print filePrint-sharp
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On the wall



The map
Biltine is the capital of the Wadi Fira province in eastern Chad, in the Sahel zone between the Sahara to the north and wetter savanna to the south. The landscape is dry for much of the year, and on a map the town appears as a concentrated cluster of streets surrounded by very open land.
The urban layout is simple, with a centre where administrative buildings and markets gather and residential quarters arranged in blocks around it. Seasonal watercourses, or wadis, cross the surrounding terrain, carrying water only during the brief rainy season and otherwise showing as faint lines across the land.
A Biltine map poster emphasises the relationship between a small regional capital and the vast space around it. That emptiness is part of the design: the town sits in the middle of the sheet like a small, carefully drawn pattern in a wide field.
The centre of town holds the main administrative and market areas, where streets are most closely spaced and the map is densest.
Dry riverbeds cross the surrounding land, filling only in the rainy season and appearing as faint, meandering lines around the town.
Beyond the built-up area, the land is largely empty on the map, creating generous negative space that frames the compact town.
Make it yours
Add a date, a name or a line of your own, switch style, size or orientation.
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 Biltine
For people from Wadi Fira and eastern Chad, Biltine is a place rarely seen on printed maps. A poster gives it the attention it deserves and keeps the shape of home close, wherever someone now lives.
Add a title, subtitle and date, and edit the coordinates. Choose from Classic black and white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint and Sand. Sand suits the Sahel landscape particularly well. Download the $9 HD files or order a printed poster.
Order the Biltine 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.
Pick a style at the top of the page, then choose Printed Poster — a size and, if you like, a frame — or Digital HD Files. Checkout takes one step, and your order page updates as soon as the payment goes through.
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.
Shipping is free to 60+ countries. Each poster is printed by the nearest of our print partners in 30+ countries and usually arrives in 3–7 business days. You can follow the status and tracking under My Orders. A few countries take 2–5 weeks, and where we don't ship yet, the site tells you before you pay.
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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