Hillside fortifications
The hills above the town hold the forts built after independence. On the poster the high ground behind the streets reads as a protective arc.
Minimalist map poster · Haiti
Dessalines — Dessalines Map Poster & Print
19.2618° N / 72.5161° W
A compact inland town at the edge of the Artibonite plain, with its street grid pressed against a ring of forested hills
- What you see is exactly what you get
- Up to 7,200 × 10,800 px · 300 DPI
- PNG + print-ready PDF
- No watermark
One city, five moods
Dessalines in every style
Ekamowa emwit style ouga bwe ouga ekamowa e dedaña ñan bwega. Style otata a kor eangan — eprint, eframe ke HD files.
Pixel ekwan · 24 × 36″ print filePrint-sharp
Every street in Dessalines, razor sharp
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Ituro
Dessalines et ituro
The map
Dessalines Map Poster & Print
Dessalines sits where the flat, irrigated plain of the Artibonite starts to rise into the hills of central Haiti. From above, the town is a tight cluster of short blocks around a central core. Roads leave it in a few directions toward the lowland farms, and the higher ground to the east cuts the settlement off in a way you can see clearly.
The town carries the name of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the leader of Haitian independence, who made it his seat in the first years after 1804. He had a series of forts built on the heights above it, meant as a defensive refuge inland. On a map, these strongpoints are part of the reason the town seems guarded by the terrain around it.
A Dessalines map poster shows this relationship between lowland and high ground in pure line work. You see the dense centre, the roads running out toward the rice fields of the Artibonite valley, and the blank, contoured space of the hills. It is a small place with a large place in the country's founding story, and the map keeps both of those things in view.
- Population
- 181,903
- Coordinates
- 19.2618° N / 72.5161° W
- Elevation
- 26 m
- Time zone
- Port-au-Prince
- Region
- Dessalines, Haiti
Edge of the plain
West of the town the land flattens into the Artibonite valley, one of Haiti's main farming areas. There the road lines thin out and the landscape opens up.
Compact town core
The centre is a close weave of short streets. It gives the composition a dense focal point surrounded by open country.
Make it yours
Frame your part of Dessalines
Add a date, a name or a line of your own, switch style, size or orientation.
Preview ededa low-resolution im watermark. Print im HD files erender iaan 300 DPI, dedaña ñan 7,200 × 10,800 px, ededa watermark.
Why Dessalines
A map that means something
For Haitian families and for anyone drawn to the country's history, Dessalines is a place of real symbolic weight. A quiet black-and-white map of it works as a reference to origins and independence without needing any imagery beyond the streets themselves.
You can personalise the title, subtitle and coordinates line, for example with a family name or a date that matters to you. Then choose from Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand to suit the room where it will hang.
Oder poster DessalinesWhat's in the HD download300 DPINo watermarkPNG + PDF
| 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.
Dessalines Map Poster & Print — FAQ
Ekamowa order poster Dessalines?
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Eprint iaan matte paper 200 gsm, iaan size eo eo, mai 30 × 40 cm ñan 24 × 36″. Poster eprint eo emeja iaan $39, shipping ededo.
Ijo oder poster Dessalines eframe?
Eko. Emwit frame wood solid iaan black, white, oak natural ke wood dark. Etaña shatterproof glazing im ready ñan hang. Poster eframe emeja iaan $99, shipping ededo.
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