Township grid
Tightly packed blocks of small plots cover most of the map. Each township has its own arrangement of straight and curving streets.
Minimalist map poster · South Africa
Soweto — Soweto Map Poster & Print
26.2678° S / 27.8585° E
A vast grid of township streets south-west of Johannesburg, edged by mine dumps and marked by two painted towers.
- 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
Soweto 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 Soweto, 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
Soweto et ituro
The map
Soweto Map Poster & Print
Soweto takes its name from South Western Townships and lies south-west of central Johannesburg, separated from the city by mining land and old mine dumps. On a map it appears as a huge, continuous field of small blocks and closely spaced streets. It is divided into many named townships, such as Orlando, Meadowlands, Dube and Pimville, each with its own street pattern.
Soweto is central to South Africa's modern history. The 1976 student uprising began here. Vilakazi Street in Orlando West is known as the only street in the world where two Nobel Peace Prize laureates, Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu, once lived. The painted Orlando Towers, former power-station cooling towers, are a landmark visible across the area.
A Soweto map poster shows the scale of the place, with curving roads between townships, open spaces around schools and sports grounds, and the Klipspruit valley running through. Apartheid-era segregation shaped the plan, and so did the communities that made Soweto home and turned it into one of the country's most recognised places.
- Population
- 1,695,047
- Coordinates
- 26.2678° S / 27.8585° E
- Elevation
- 1632 m
- Time zone
- Johannesburg
- Region
- Soweto, South Africa
Vilakazi Street
This short street in Orlando West is now a place of pilgrimage for visitors. The former homes of Mandela and Tutu stand close together along it.
Klipspruit valley
A green corridor of wetland and parkland follows the stream through the townships. It is one of the few breaks in the otherwise continuous urban pattern.
Make it yours
Frame your part of Soweto
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 Soweto
A map that means something
Soweto matters to people well beyond Johannesburg, and for those who grew up in Orlando, Dube or Diepkloof the map is also a family record. The dense grid makes a strong, graphic print that holds its own on any wall.
Add a township name, a family name or a significant year to the title and subtitle, and set the coordinates to a particular street. Choose Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand, as a $9 download or a printed poster.
Oder poster SowetoWhat'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.
Soweto Map Poster & Print — FAQ
Ekamowa order poster Soweto?
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 Soweto 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 Soweto 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 Soweto?
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.