Steppe surroundings
Open grassland and low hills surround the town, giving the poster wide areas of quiet space that make the built area stand out sharply.
Minimalist map poster · Mongolia
47.7667° N / 107.2833° E
A former mining town in the steppe east of Ulaanbaatar, its blocks set among rolling hills and open grassland.

One city, five moods
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The map
Nalaikh is a district of Ulaanbaatar, but it lies well outside the main city, some distance to the east across open steppe. On a map it reads as a separate town: a cluster of streets and apartment blocks surrounded by rolling hills and grassland, connected to the capital by a road that runs across the valley.
The town grew around coal mining, which supplied Ulaanbaatar for much of the twentieth century. Nearby lie the Tonyukuk inscriptions, carved in Old Turkic script in the eighth century and among the oldest written monuments in the region. The area also sits on the route many travellers take toward the Terelj national park.
A Nalayh map poster shows a place shaped by open space: the grid of the central district, the looser patterns of ger districts at its edges, the road leading back toward the capital, and wide stretches of steppe around it. The contrast between compact settlement and open land is the defining feature of the map.
Open grassland and low hills surround the town, giving the poster wide areas of quiet space that make the built area stand out sharply.
Around the central blocks, fenced plots of ger districts form an irregular pattern of small rectangles, distinct from the more regular streets of the centre.
A main road runs west across the valley toward the capital, a long single line that connects Nalaikh to the city it formally belongs to.
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The free preview is low-resolution with a watermark. Prints and HD files are rendered at 300 DPI, up to 7,200 × 10,800 px, without a watermark.
Why Nalayh
For people who grew up in Nalaikh or have family links to its mining history, this map is a quiet record of home. For others, it is a distinctive image of a town set in the Mongolian steppe, with space and outline doing much of the work.
The title, subtitle and coordinates can be personalised with any wording, including the Mongolian spelling. Choose Classic black and white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand; Noir makes the town stand out against the open steppe especially well.
Order the Nalayh poster| 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.
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It is printed on premium 200 gsm matte paper in one of six sizes, from 30 × 40 cm to 24 × 36″. Printed posters start at $39, shipping included.
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Yes. In the editor on this page, change the title, the subtitle and the coordinates line to anything you like, and pick a style and size. Printed, framed and digital orders all use exactly your design.
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