Thika Superhighway
The multi-lane road to Nairobi runs as one of the heaviest, straightest lines on the sheet, giving the composition a strong diagonal anchor against the softer lines of the town.
Minimalist map poster · Kenya
1.0333° S / 37.0693° E
A market town between two rivers, with the long straight line of the Nairobi highway cutting past its southern edge.





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
From above, Thika sits on gently rising ground north-east of Nairobi. The Chania and Thika rivers wind around its edges, and their valleys trace darker, irregular lines through the grid of the town. A compact commercial centre gives way to looser residential blocks and industrial plots, and the pattern thins out into farmland on every side.
The most obvious line on the map is the Thika Road superhighway, which runs as a broad, confident stroke towards the capital. Around it, the street plan is practical rather than planned for show. Short blocks, roundabouts and feeder roads connect the old centre to newer estates, and the waterfalls on the rivers just outside town appear as small breaks in the curving watercourses.
Thika is known well beyond Kenya through Elspeth Huxley's memoir The Flame Trees of Thika, and locally for the pineapple plantations and processing industry that shaped its growth. A Thika map poster keeps all of this in outline: rivers, highway and town grid reduced to fine black lines, with the green of the surrounding farmland left to memory.
The multi-lane road to Nairobi runs as one of the heaviest, straightest lines on the sheet, giving the composition a strong diagonal anchor against the softer lines of the town.
The Chania and Thika rivers curve around the town in narrow, meandering lines, framing the built-up area and adding natural movement to an otherwise practical street plan.
At the edges of the poster the dense town grid dissolves into widely spaced rural roads, a clear visual record of where the town ends and the plantations begin.
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 Thika
People hang Thika on the wall because it was where they studied, worked or grew up, often in the orbit of Nairobi but with a town of its own. The map shows that relationship honestly: the highway pulling south, the rivers holding the town in place.
You can personalise the title, subtitle and coordinates line, adding a family name or a meaningful date, and choose from five styles: Classic black and white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. It is available as a $9 HD download or as a printed poster with an optional wooden frame.
Oder poster Thika| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm (11.8 × 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 cm (18 × 24″) | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm (19.7 × 27.6″) | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm (24 × 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.
Eaeoen e ngaaba ngeni ouwa age ngaabe. Ngaeo poster e ibiyaneo ibon e print partner eg ibom ngaen ingi ngae 30+ eben, e naeo e yan ngaae e 3–7 aon wan ewa. Kom ngaa e eain ingi tracking ibon My Orders. Tauweo ebe 2–5 wik, ingi ibon ngaen ibun e ngaeo ngaeigie, e saet e sooe nuwe kom e pae.
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.