Winam Gulf shore
The irregular lakeshore bends around the city's western and southern sides, fringed with wetlands and small inlets that give the edge of the map a soft, natural line.
Tabula geographica minimalis · Kenya
Kisumu — Kisumu Map Poster & Print
0.1022° S / 34.7617° E
A lakeside city on the Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria, its grid facing the water and its edges running into wetlands.
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- PNG + PDF ad imprimendum paratum
- Sine signo aquatico
Una urbs, quinque animi
Kisumu omnibus stilis
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Kisumu: omnis via acutissime expressa
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In pariete
Kisumu domi
Tabula
Kisumu Map Poster & Print
Kisumu lies at the northeastern corner of Lake Victoria, on the shore of the Winam Gulf, a long inlet that reaches deep into western Kenya. The map shows a compact grid near the water, with the port and railway on the shoreline and main roads leading inland. Around it, newer neighbourhoods spread east and north, while papyrus wetlands and river mouths soften the edges of the lakeshore.
The city began as Port Florence, the lake terminus of the Uganda Railway completed in 1901, and it grew as the link between rail and steamer traffic on Lake Victoria. Today it is Kenya's third-largest city and the main centre of the Luo community, with lakeside areas such as Dunga known for fishing and the small Kisumu Impala Sanctuary on the shore.
A Kisumu map poster sets the city against the broad, calm shape of the lake. The water fills a large part of the composition, the shoreline curves around the gulf, and the streets gather in a neat grid close to the port before loosening into the suburbs. It is a picture of a city that has always looked toward the water.
- Incolae
- 397,957
- Coordinatae
- 0.1022° S / 34.7617° E
- Altitudo
- 1174 m
- Zona horaria
- Nairobi
- Regio
- Kisumu, Kenya
Old town grid
Near the port, the original town is laid out in a regular grid of short blocks, the most orderly and densely drawn part of the poster.
Railway to the lake
The line that created the city still reaches the shore, a gently curving track that leads toward the old port area and the water.
Tuam fac
Kisumu: partem tuam in forma pone
Adde diem, nomen vel versum tuum; muta stilum, magnitudinem vel directionem.
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Cur Kisumu
Tabula quae aliquid significat
Kisumu has a strong pull for those who grew up by the lake, studied at its universities or left for Nairobi and further afield. A map of the city, with the gulf filling the frame, is a quiet reminder of lakeside evenings and of home.
Change the title, subtitle and coordinates line to show an estate, a family name or a date that matters. Choose between five styles, Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint and Sand, as a $9 set of HD files or a printed matte poster.
Eme tabulam KisumuQuid in fasciculis HD insit300 DPISine signo aquaticoPNG + PDF
| Magnitudo impressionis | Resolutio | Fasciculi |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Comparationis causa, specimen gratuitum 900 px latum est, signo aquatico notatum et ad spectandum in quadris lucidis destinatum. Fasciculi HD usque ad octiens maiorem resolutionem in utramque partem habent et tota tabulae magnitudine pure imprimuntur.
Kisumu Map Poster & Print — FAQ
Quomodo tabulam Kisumu emere possum?
Elige formam in summa pagina, deinde selige Tabulam Typis Impressam — magnitudinem et, si vis, compagem — vel Fasciculos Digitales HD. Emptio uno gradu conficitur, et pagina emptionis tuae statim renovatur ubi primum solutio confecta est.
Qualis est tabula Kisumu typis impressa?
In charta opaca praestanti 200 gsm typis imprimitur, una ex sex magnitudinibus, a 30 × 40 cm usque ad 24 × 36″. Tabulae typis impressae incipiunt a $39, missione inclusa.
Possumne tabulam Kisumu compagine inclusam emere?
Ita. Elige compagem ex solido ligno, colore nigro, albo, quercu naturali vel ligno obscuro. Vitro infrangibili instructa venit et ad suspendendum parata est. Tabulae compagine inclusae incipiunt a $99, missione inclusa.
Quantum temporis missio sumit, et quanti constat?
Missio gratuita est in plus quam 60 terras. Quodque poster ab proximo ex sociis nostris typographicis in plus quam 30 terris imprimitur et plerumque intra 3–7 dies negotiales advenit. Statum et vestigium sub «Mea mandata» sequi potes. Quaedam terrae 2–5 hebdomades requirunt, et ubi nondum mittimus, situs te ante solutionem monet.
Quid si tabula mea laesa pervenit?
Mitte nobis imaginem intra 14 dies post missionem acceptam, et eam gratis iterum imprimemus vel pecuniam tibi reddemus.
Possumne nomina nostra vel diem tabulae Kisumu addere?
Ita. In instrumento huius paginae, titulum, subtitulum et lineam coordinatarum ad libitum muta, et formam ac magnitudinem elige. Emptiones typis impressae, compagine inclusae et digitales omnes exacte figuram tuam adhibent.
Quid cum fasciculis digitalibus HD accipio?
Pro $9 accipis fasciculos PNG 300 DPI et PDF ad imprimendum paratos in omnibus sex magnitudinibus, sine nota aquatica, ut ubique imprimere possis. Nondum certus es? Prius specimen gratuitum cum nota aquatica demitte.