The highway spine
The main road between central and eastern Ethiopia passes straight through town. It gives the map a clear axis that every lane and compound seems to lean toward.
Minimalist map poster · Ethiopia
9.2167° N / 41.1000° E
A highland market town strung along the eastern Ethiopian highway, its lanes spreading loosely into the surrounding hills.

One city, five moods
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On the wall



The map
Hīrna sits in the West Hararghe highlands of Oromiya, on the long road that climbs from the Rift Valley toward Harar and Dire Dawa. From above, the town reads as a line before it reads as a place. The highway runs through the middle, and houses, compounds and short lanes gather on both sides before thinning out into fields and slopes.
Beyond the built edge the map turns to the Chercher highlands, a country of ridges, small valleys and cultivated terraces. Farming shapes the surroundings. Plots and footpaths give the outer areas a fine, irregular texture that contrasts with the firmer spine of the main road. It is a quiet, legible composition, more pattern than monument.
A Hīrna map poster keeps that structure in plain black lines on a white ground. The road is the strongest stroke, the town clusters around it, and the thinner tracks fade toward the hills. For people who grew up here or passed through on the way east, it is a precise way to keep a place that rarely appears on a wall.
The main road between central and eastern Ethiopia passes straight through town. It gives the map a clear axis that every lane and compound seems to lean toward.
Hīrna lies among the Chercher highlands, so the surrounding map is shaped by ridges and valleys. Tracks bend to follow the slope rather than a grid.
Around the settled core, farm plots and footpaths form a loose mesh that softens the edges of the town and fills the frame with fine detail.
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 Hīrna
Some hang Hīrna as a reminder of home, others as a record of a journey through eastern Ethiopia. The appeal is its honesty: one road, one town and the hills around it, drawn without decoration so the shape of the place carries the whole print.
You can set your own title and subtitle, add a date that matters to you, and keep or adjust the coordinates line. Choose from Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand, then download the HD files for $9 or order a printed poster.
Order the Hīrna 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.
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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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