Main road spine
The highway west from Addis Ababa runs straight through the town and gives the whole street network its orientation, with neighbourhoods growing outward on either side.
Minimalist map poster · Ethiopia
8.9833° N / 37.8500° E
A highland town west of Addis Ababa, its streets following the main road across a green plateau cut by streams.

One city, five moods
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The map
Hāgere Hiywet, better known as Ambo, lies on the high plateau of central Ethiopia, a little over 100 kilometres west of Addis Ababa. On the map the town stretches along the main road heading west, with a network of smaller streets branching into residential areas on either side. Small streams and valleys cross the surroundings, and farmland spreads over the rolling land beyond.
Ambo is known across Ethiopia for its naturally carbonated mineral water, bottled here for decades and sold under the town's name. Hot springs nearby have drawn visitors for generations. The town is also home to Ambo University, and it serves as the main centre of the West Shewa zone of Oromia.
A Hāgere Hiywet map poster shows a town shaped by its road and its landscape rather than by any grand plan. The main artery gives the composition a strong spine, while the streams and the looser rural pattern around the edges keep the page light and open. It is a modest, honest portrait of a highland town.
The highway west from Addis Ababa runs straight through the town and gives the whole street network its orientation, with neighbourhoods growing outward on either side.
Watercourses cut through the plateau around Ambo, adding thin, winding lines to the map and shaping where streets and fields could be laid out.
The grounds of Ambo University form a distinct area within the town, with their own internal paths and larger open spaces, set apart from the denser streets around them.
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 Hāgere Hiywet
Graduates of Ambo University, families from West Shewa and anyone who has stopped here on the road west often feel a strong attachment to the town. A map poster keeps that attachment simple and personal, without any need for words.
Set the title to Ambo or Hāgere Hiywet, add a subtitle such as a graduation year, and adjust the coordinates line. Choose one of five styles, and get the $9 digital files or a printed poster shipped by one of our print partners.
Order the Hāgere Hiywet 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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