Central plaza
The main square sits at the heart of the plan, with principal avenues extending from it in a clear, symmetrical arrangement that gives the poster a strong focal point.
Minimalist map poster · Mexico
28.1901° N / 105.4701° W
A planned desert city laid out around a central plaza, surrounded by irrigated fields and long straight canals

One city, five moods
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On the wall



The map
Ciudad Delicias was founded in 1933 as the centre of a new irrigation district in the state of Chihuahua, and its map still shows that planned origin. The streets follow a deliberate geometry, with a central plaza from which the main avenues extend outward and a regular pattern of numbered streets filling the spaces between them. It is a town designed on paper before it was built.
Around the city lies one of northern Mexico's most productive farming areas, watered by canals drawing on the Conchos and San Pedro rivers. From above, the surrounding land is divided into long rectangular fields crossed by irrigation channels, a sharp contrast to the dry hills and desert beyond. Cotton, pecans and chile have all been important crops here.
A Ciudad Delicias map poster captures both the designed centre and the farmed landscape around it. In black and white, the geometric street plan reads almost like a diagram, and the fields and canals frame it in parallel lines. It is a map that tells the story of how water and planning made a city in the desert.
The main square sits at the heart of the plan, with principal avenues extending from it in a clear, symmetrical arrangement that gives the poster a strong focal point.
Delicias uses an ordered system of numbered avenues and streets, and the resulting grid is regular and easy to read, with even blocks spreading in every direction.
Beyond the city limits, canals and field boundaries divide the land into long rectangles, a patterned farmland edge that frames the urban core.
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 Ciudad Delicias
Delicias is a city built with intention, and people from here recognise its plan at once. The map suits families from the irrigation district, anyone who has moved away to Chihuahua, Juárez or across the border, and admirers of planned towns.
Add a title, a subtitle with a date or family name, and the coordinates line. Five styles are available, from Classic black & white to Blueprint, which suits a planned city particularly well. HD files are $9, or order a matte print.
Order the Ciudad Delicias 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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