Desert Highway
The main north–south road through southern Jordan runs past the town, a firm straight line that anchors the composition and links Ma'an to Amman and Aqaba.
Minimalist map poster · Jordan
30.1962° N / 35.7341° E
A compact desert town beside the Desert Highway and the old railway line, surrounded by open plateau in every direction

One city, five moods
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On the wall



The map
Ma'an sits high on the southern Jordanian plateau, where the land flattens into stony desert. From above the town is a tight cluster of low blocks with no river or coastline to shape it. What organises the map instead are its routes: the Desert Highway and the local roads that feed it cross the plain in long straight lines and meet here.
For centuries the town was a stop on the pilgrim road between Damascus and the Hejaz, and in the early twentieth century the Hejaz Railway passed through. Travellers heading to Petra, a short drive west towards the Shara mountains, still come through it. On paper, that history shows up as a settlement held together by crossing routes rather than by landscape.
A Ma'an map poster keeps what makes the place legible: a dense core of lanes, the neighbourhoods spreading out from it, and the long lines leaving for the desert. With so little water or terrain to fill the paper, the white space around the town matters as much as the streets themselves.
The main north–south road through southern Jordan runs past the town, a firm straight line that anchors the composition and links Ma'an to Amman and Aqaba.
The Hejaz Railway once stopped here on its route south. The station area is part of the town's layout and a reminder of its role as a waypoint.
Beyond the last blocks the street network simply stops. The surrounding emptiness gives the poster a stark, graphic edge that few other maps have.
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 Ma'an
People hang Ma'an because they grew up here, served here, or passed through on the way to Petra and Wadi Rum. It is a quiet, precise image of a desert crossroads, and it works well in rooms that suit something sparse.
You can set your own title, subtitle and coordinates line, for example a family name or the year you left, and pick one of five styles. Sand suits the plateau naturally, while Noir turns the street grid into fine light lines on black.
Order the Ma'an 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.
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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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