Converging roads
Main routes arrive from several directions and knot together near the centre, giving the map a clear focal point amid the looser pattern of lanes and compounds.
Minimalist map poster · Guinea-Bissau
12.2800° N / 14.2222° W
A savanna market town where roads from across eastern Guinea-Bissau meet in a loose, low-rise web of streets.

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



The map
Gabú sits on the open plateau of eastern Guinea-Bissau, far from the Atlantic estuaries that shape most of the country. From above it reads as a spread of low compounds and unpaved lanes gathered around a few firmer roads, with farmland and scattered trees pressing in on every side. The town grows outward rather than upward, so its map is mostly texture.
The name carries weight. Gabú recalls Kaabu, the Mandinka state that ruled much of this region for centuries before colonial borders were drawn, and under Portuguese administration the town was known as Nova Lamego. Today it serves as the capital of its region and a trading stop on the routes toward Guinea and Senegal.
A Gabú map poster reduces all of this to line and space: the denser core, the roads leaving in several directions, the fine grain of residential blocks thinning into countryside. In black and white the unevenness of the street pattern becomes the subject, a record of a place that grew by use rather than by plan.
Main routes arrive from several directions and knot together near the centre, giving the map a clear focal point amid the looser pattern of lanes and compounds.
Residential areas appear as a fine, irregular mesh of short paths and plots, the characteristic texture of a West African market town seen from above.
There is no hard boundary. The built area fades gradually into fields and savanna, so the outer margin of the poster shows streets dissolving into open ground.
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 Gabú
For people with family in eastern Guinea-Bissau, or anyone who has worked or travelled here, Gabú is rarely found on a wall. A map poster gives the town the same quiet dignity usually reserved for capitals, and it makes a considered gift.
You can set your own title, add a subtitle such as a date or a family name, and keep or edit the coordinates line. Choose from Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand, then download the HD files for $9 or order a print.
Order the Gabú 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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