Planned town grid
Wide streets and regular blocks reflect a town built for industry, giving the poster a clean, ordered centre set within the open desert.
Minimalist map poster · Algeria
31.6804° N / 6.0729° E
A planned oil town in the Algerian Sahara, its streets, runways and access roads drawn against empty desert on every side





One city, five moods
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
Enin 100% crop eo mai print file eo elango. Poster otata — eprint, eframe ke edownload — erender iaan server bwir e 300 DPI, dedaña ñan 7,200 × 10,800 pixels, bwe lane ekekedik ekwan ebwe crisp iaan print 24 × 36″.
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The map
Hassi Messaoud lies in the northern Algerian Sahara, in Ouargla Province, far from the coastal cities. The town grew after the discovery in 1956 of the Hassi Messaoud oil field, the largest in Algeria, and it remains the centre of the national oil industry. From above, it appears as a planned grid of streets set in open desert, with little around it but sand and gravel plains.
The map is a study in contrast. Residential districts, industrial compounds, an airport and wide access roads form clear geometric shapes, while straight roads and service tracks run off toward oil installations scattered across the surrounding plain. Beyond the town, the desert surface is almost blank, which makes the built area stand out with unusual sharpness.
A Hassi Messaoud map poster uses that emptiness as part of the design. The grid, the runways and the long straight roads sit in a wide open field, giving the composition an almost architectural calm. It is a distinctive piece for oil workers, engineers and families who have spent time in this remote Saharan town.
Wide streets and regular blocks reflect a town built for industry, giving the poster a clean, ordered centre set within the open desert.
The long, straight runways of the airport form bold lines near the town, one of the most graphic and immediately recognisable elements in the composition.
Straight roads and tracks lead from town toward the oil installations, stretching across the blank plain like lines ruled on paper.
Make it yours
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 Hassi Messaoud
Hassi Messaoud is a place many people know through work rotations rather than childhood, and a map is a fitting keepsake of those years. Its crisp geometry and empty surroundings look striking in a modern interior, an office or a home far from the Sahara.
Personalise the title and subtitle with a company name, a project or the years you spent there, and adjust the coordinates line. Choose Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand, with Sand echoing the desert setting, and order a matte print or download the $9 files.
Oder poster Hassi Messaoud| 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.
Emwit style iaan capña page, im dogen Printed Poster — size eo, im framme ouga tomwin — ke Digital HD Files. Checkout eaer sit step, im order page bwira eupdate iaan payment eo emej.
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.
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.
Shipping ma free ägen 60+ country. Poster ngaga eo e print ägen print partner nearest ibiema 30+ country, ae e tep ägen 3–7 business day. Ngaga kor status ae tracking ibe My Orders. Country ibiema e tep 2–5 week, ae country ngaga ibe shipping e bwaren, website e ibin oen bwa ngaga pay.
Kabun photo bwira iaan 14 aean mai delivery, im bwira ereprint ededo ke erefund.
Eko. Iaan editor page eanin, ouga change title, subtitle, im coordinates line ñan tomwin ouga koda, im emwit style im size. Order eprint, eframe im digital otata ekamowa design ouga tomwin.
Iaan $9 ouga ereub 300 DPI PNG im PDF print-ready iaan size otata eo, ededa watermark, ñan print ekamowa tomwin. Ouga aewedik? Download preview ededa watermarked kabun.