The highway junction
Major national roads meet at Koupéla, one running east to west and another heading south. Their crossing forms the backbone of the map and fixes the composition around the centre.
Minimalist map poster · Burkina Faso
12.1786° N / 0.3510° W
A crossroads town on the flat plains of eastern Burkina Faso, where main highways meet and fan out across the Sahel

One city, five moods
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The map
Koupéla is a town built around a junction. On a map the main roads are the first thing you see. The highway from Ouagadougou arrives from the west and continues east, and another major route branches south toward the Togo border. The town grew around these lines, and its streets spread out over flat, open land dotted with fields and small settlements.
Its position has made Koupéla a place where travellers and freight stop, trade and change direction, and that role is visible in the way the town stretches along the roads. Koupéla is also an important Catholic centre in Burkina Faso and the seat of an archdiocese, which gives it an influence larger than its size would suggest.
A Koupéla map poster shows the town as a meeting point. Strong road lines cross near the centre, and a looser street pattern fills the space between them. In black and white on plain ground, the simple geometry of the crossroads gives the poster its character.
Major national roads meet at Koupéla, one running east to west and another heading south. Their crossing forms the backbone of the map and fixes the composition around the centre.
The built-up area stretches outward along the highways, a pattern common in junction towns. The result is a star-like outline instead of a compact round town.
The land around Koupéla is flat, with fields, tracks and small villages. On the poster this appears as sparse, scattered line work that makes the dense centre stand out.
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Why Koupéla
Anyone who has lived in Koupéla or travelled through it knows it as a place of arrivals and departures. A map of the crossroads makes a quiet tribute to a home town, a mission posting or a stop on a long journey across eastern Burkina Faso.
The title, subtitle and coordinates line can all be personalised, for example with a name, a date or a short phrase. Five styles are available: Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint and Sand. Get the digital HD files for $9 after a free watermarked preview, or order a matte printed poster with an optional wooden frame.
Order the Koupéla poster| Print size | Resolution | Files |
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| 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 |
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