Orthogonal town plan
The historic centre is a near-perfect grid of equal blocks, one of the most legible colonial-era street plans in the region, and it prints with unusual crispness.
Minimalist map poster · Algeria
Sig — Sig Map Poster & Print
35.5283° N / 0.1937° W
A nineteenth-century grid town on the Oued Sig, set out with a ruler across a flat, irrigated plain in western Algeria.
- 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
Sig 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 Sig, razor 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″.
Ituro
Sig et ituro
The map
Sig Map Poster & Print
Sig stands on the river of the same name, the Oued Sig, in Mascara province in northwestern Algeria. It was founded in the mid-nineteenth century as Saint-Denis-du-Sig during the French colonial period, and the plan still shows it clearly: a regular grid of straight streets and rectangular blocks around a central square, with later districts added less strictly around the edges.
The land around the town is flat and agricultural, part of the wide plain that stretches inland from the Oran coast. Irrigation has shaped the area since the colonial era, when a dam was built upstream on the Sig to water the surrounding fields, and on a map the long, straight field divisions echo the geometry of the town itself.
A Sig map poster is appealing mostly for that clarity. The orthogonal streets, the river running past and the roads leading out toward Oran, Mascara and neighbouring towns make a composition that looks almost drafted by hand. In black and white it reads like a planning document, a record of how a nineteenth-century town was set down on an open plain.
- Population
- 61,373
- Coordinates
- 35.5283° N / 0.1937° W
- Elevation
- 62 m
- Time zone
- Algiers
- Region
- Sig, Algeria
Oued Sig
The river passes along the town and gives the rigid street pattern its only natural line, a gentle meander through otherwise straight geometry.
Irrigated plain
Around the town, fields are divided into long rectangles by channels and farm roads, extending the logic of the grid far into the countryside.
Make it yours
Frame your part of Sig
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 Sig
A map that means something
For families from Sig, now living in Oran, Algiers or abroad, the grid of the old town is instantly recognisable. A clean map keeps that familiarity on the wall without any decoration getting in the way.
Add your own title, a subtitle with a family name or year, and edit the coordinates line. Five styles are available, from Classic black and white to Paper and Sand, as $9 HD files in six print sizes or as a matte poster shipped by a print partner.
Oder poster SigWhat'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.
Sig Map Poster & Print — FAQ
Ekamowa order poster Sig?
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.
Poster Sig eprint ekamowa?
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 Sig 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.
Ewa delivery eañ, im cost ewa?
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.
Poster bwira damage iaan arrival?
Kabun photo bwira iaan 14 aean mai delivery, im bwira ereprint ededo ke erefund.
Ijo kabun aema keda ke date iaan poster Sig?
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.
Ouga ereub ekamowa iaan digital HD files?
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.