Naryn River corridor
The Naryn runs through the valley beside the town and sets the main axis of the map. Roads and blocks line up along its course rather than across it.
Minimalist map poster · Kyrgyzstan
41.6283° N / 72.6703° E
A hydropower town squeezed into the Naryn valley, its streets pressed between steep mountain slopes and the river.





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
Kara-Kul’ lies in the Jalal-Abad Region of western Kyrgyzstan, deep in the valley of the Naryn River. The town grew up in the Soviet era to serve the construction and operation of the Toktogul hydroelectric scheme, one of the largest power installations in Central Asia. Its purpose shows in its plan: practical, planned streets laid out wherever the terrain allows.
From above, the geography dominates everything. Steep, bare mountainsides close in from both sides, and the town fills the narrow flat ground along the river. Streets run parallel to the valley, with shorter connectors climbing only as far as the slopes permit. Beyond the edge of town the map empties quickly into mountain terrain.
A Kara-Kul’ map poster turns this constraint into a strong composition. The built area forms a long, dense band, the river threads beside it, and the empty space around it reads as the mountains themselves. It is a clear image of a town shaped almost entirely by water and rock.
The Naryn runs through the valley beside the town and sets the main axis of the map. Roads and blocks line up along its course rather than across it.
Residential areas built for the hydropower project follow a regular, functional layout, giving parts of the town a more ordered pattern than the terrain around it.
Steep slopes rise on either side of the valley, so the street network stops abruptly. The resulting white margins give the poster a strong, elongated shape.
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 Kara-Kul’
Many people who worked on the Naryn hydropower cascade, or grew up in their families, have ties to Kara-Kul’. A map of the town is a way to keep that chapter visible, drawn with the same clarity as the engineering that built it.
You can personalise the title, subtitle and coordinates, perhaps with a family name or the years you lived there, and choose Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. Get the $9 digital files or order a printed poster, shipped from partners in 30+ countries.
Oder poster Kara-Kul’| 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.