Open-pit mine
The huge copper pit on the edge of town appears as a vast rounded hollow surrounded by mine roads and dumps. It is one of the most unusual shapes on any town poster.
Tabula geographica minimalis · South Africa
Phalaborwa — Phalaborwa Map Poster & Print
23.9430° S / 31.1411° E
A mining town beside the Kruger National Park, where suburban streets sit next to one of Africa's largest open pits
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Phalaborwa omnibus stilis
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In pariete
Phalaborwa domi
Tabula
Phalaborwa Map Poster & Print
Phalaborwa lies in the Lowveld of Limpopo province, right on the western boundary of the Kruger National Park. It is one of the few South African towns that borders the park directly, and the Phalaborwa Gate is a short drive from the town centre. The contrast on the map is immediate: planned streets on one side and the wide open bush of the reserve on the other.
The town was built around mining. Copper, phosphate and other minerals have been worked here, and the great open-pit copper mine on the edge of town is often described as one of the largest man-made holes in Africa. Archaeological evidence shows that people smelted metal in this area centuries before the modern mines. The name is often explained as meaning better than the south.
A Phalaborwa map poster shows a place shaped by these forces. The residential suburbs follow a planned layout of wide roads and generous plots, the mining areas appear as vast shapes of pits and dumps, and the edge of Kruger forms a clean boundary where the streets simply stop. Few town maps are this distinctive.
- Incolae
- 109,468
- Coordinatae
- 23.9430° S / 31.1411° E
- Altitudo
- 435 m
- Zona horaria
- Johannesburg
- Regio
- Phalaborwa, South Africa
Kruger boundary
The national park runs close to the town, and the poster marks the abrupt change from gridded suburbs to open bushveld. The road to Phalaborwa Gate leads straight in.
Planned suburbs
The town's residential areas were laid out from the late 1950s with wide streets, parks and large plots. They give the centre of the map an orderly, spacious pattern.
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Phalaborwa: partem tuam in forma pone
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Cur Phalaborwa
Tabula quae aliquid significat
Phalaborwa is home to generations of mining families and a familiar starting point for Kruger safaris. The map works for both: a reminder of a childhood in the Lowveld, or a keepsake from a trip that began by driving through Phalaborwa Gate at dawn.
You can choose the title and subtitle, add a date and keep the coordinates line. Then pick Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. The $9 digital files come in six sizes, and printed posters are available with an optional wooden frame.
Eme tabulam PhalaborwaQuid in fasciculis HD insit300 DPISine signo aquaticoPNG + PDF
| Magnitudo impressionis | Resolutio | Fasciculi |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm (11.8 × 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 cm (18 × 24″) | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm (19.7 × 27.6″) | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm (24 × 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.
Phalaborwa Map Poster & Print — FAQ
Quomodo tabulam Phalaborwa 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 Phalaborwa 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 Phalaborwa 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 ubique terrarum gratuita est. Quodque propositum a socio typographico nostro proximo, in plus quam 30 terris, imprimitur et plerumque intra 3–7 dies negotiales advenit. Condicionem et vestigium in sectione «Mea mandata» sequi potes. In paucis terris 2–5 hebdomades requiruntur, 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 Phalaborwa 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.