Meeting of routes
Roads come together at the town, and that junction is the centre of gravity of the whole map.
Minimalist map poster · Somalia
6.4317° N / 46.4619° E
A town in central Somalia's Galguduud region, with a few streets and routes drawn across wide, dry plains.

One city, five moods
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On the wall



The map
Dhabad lies in Galguduud, a region of central Somalia made up largely of flat, dry country used for grazing. On the map the town is a modest gathering of streets and plots, and roads lead away across the plain toward other towns in the region. The landscape leaves little in the way of rivers or hills to organise the plan.
Because of that, the town's shape is set by its connections. The routes out of Dhabad are the strongest lines on the page, and the built area gathers where they meet. Mapping in this part of Somalia is often incomplete, so the plan stays spare and makes no attempt to fill in detail that has not been recorded.
A Dhabad map poster is for people who know the place rather than people who have read about it. It gives a scattered family a shared reference, one plain drawing of where they came from, and it looks at home in a modern room far from the plains it shows.
Roads come together at the town, and that junction is the centre of gravity of the whole map.
Streets and plots are spaced loosely, so the settlement reads as a light, open pattern rather than a dense block.
Around the town the land is open and mostly unmarked. On a minimal print the plain becomes a quiet, even background.
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 Dhabad
For the Somali diaspora a map of a home town carries a lot of meaning: a connection to family, to language and to a particular patch of ground. A clean black-and-white plan of Dhabad marks that connection without fuss.
Personalise the title, subtitle and coordinates, with a clan or family name, a date or a short line of your own. Choose from Classic black and white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint and Sand. It is available as $9 print-ready digital files or as a printed poster from partners in more than 30 countries.
Order the Dhabad 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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