National highway
The main east–west road across southern Mauritania passes through town. It crosses the poster as a single bold line, and the settlement grows along it.
Minimalist map poster · Mauritania
17.5060° N / 13.0927° W
A Sahelian town strung along Mauritania's main east–west highway, surrounded by sand, rocky ground and scattered compounds

One city, five moods
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The map
Magṭa‘ Laḥjar is a town in the Brakna region of southern Mauritania, in the Sahel belt between the Sahara and the Senegal River valley. It sits on the long national road that runs east from Nouakchott into the interior, and the highway is the strongest line on the map. The town is arranged along it and around it.
Away from the road, the street pattern is loose and open. Compounds are spaced across sandy ground, and tracks run between them rather than paved streets. The land around the town is dry, with sand and rocky terrain, and it is sparsely marked on any map.
A Magṭa‘ Laḥjar map poster reflects that openness: one firm road, a low-density scatter of streets and tracks, and a lot of empty space. The result is spare and graphic, and it is shaped more by distance and climate than by planning.
The main east–west road across southern Mauritania passes through town. It crosses the poster as a single bold line, and the settlement grows along it.
Houses and compounds are spread out with wide gaps between them. The street pattern is loose and irregular, with a very different texture from a dense city grid.
Sand and dry ground surround the town. On the map, this appears as blank space that shows how isolated and exposed the settlement is.
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Why Magṭa‘ Laḥjar
This map is for Mauritanians away from home, for families from Brakna, and for travellers who have stopped here on the long road inland. It shows a desert-edge town in its real shape, without romanticising it.
The title and subtitle can be written in French, Arabic transliteration or English, with the coordinates below. Choose from five styles, and Sand suits the landscape. The $9 digital files include every size, so you can print locally.
Order the Magṭa‘ Laḥjar 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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