The poplar grid
Straight streets cross at right angles across the whole town, a nineteenth-century plan that remains remarkably intact and gives the map an almost diagrammatic clarity.
Fakatino mape mukamuka · Kyrgyzstan
42.4905° N / 78.3920° E
A tree-lined grid town at the eastern end of Issyk-Kul, laid out below the high ridges of the Tian Shan.





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Ko e mape
Karakol was founded in 1869 as a Russian military and administrative outpost near the eastern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul. Its planners gave it a strict rectangular grid, and the map still shows long, straight streets crossing at right angles, many of them lined with poplars and old wooden houses. To the south the land rises quickly toward the snowy ridges of the Terskey Ala-Too.
The town is known for two unusual religious buildings: the wooden Holy Trinity Cathedral and the Dungan Mosque, built in the style of a Chinese temple without metal nails. For much of the Soviet period Karakol was named Przhevalsk, after the explorer Nikolai Przhevalsky, who died here in 1888 and is buried at a memorial near the lakeshore.
A Karakol map poster shows an orderly town on the edge of a vast landscape. River valleys lead out of the grid into the mountains, where trekking routes and a ski base draw visitors, while roads run toward the lake. In black and white, the regular streets and the loose outlines of the valleys create a strong, balanced composition.
Straight streets cross at right angles across the whole town, a nineteenth-century plan that remains remarkably intact and gives the map an almost diagrammatic clarity.
South of the town, valleys such as the Karakol gorge open into the Tian Shan. They carry roads and trails from the grid toward alpine lakes and high passes.
Roads and mountain streams lead toward the eastern end of Issyk-Kul, one of the largest high-altitude lakes in the world, connecting the town with the shore.
Taute ke ha hau
Lafi e aho, taha higoa po ke taha kupu haau, hiki e fakatino, lahi po ke tuaga.
Ko e kitiaaga nakai totogi kua tote e maaliali mo e fakamailoga vai. Ko e tau lolomi mo e tau faila HD kua taute ke he 300 DPI, hokotia ke he 7,200 × 10,800 px, nakai fai fakamailoga vai.
Ko e ha Karakol
Trekkers, skiers and travellers along the Silk Road often remember Karakol as the base for their time in the mountains. A map of its grid brings that trip home. Add the name of a route, a summit or a date to the title and adjust the coordinates.
Blueprint and Noir suit the clear mountain geometry, and Classic black & white, Paper and Sand are available too. The $9 HD download includes six sizes as 300 DPI PNG and print-ready PDF. Printed matte posters are made by partners in more than 30 countries.
Talaage e poster Karakol| Lahi he lolomi | Maama | Tau faila |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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Fifili e taha puhala i luga he kupega, ti fifili e Poster Lolomi — e lahi mo e, kaeke ke manako ai koe, taha poloka — po ke Tau Faila HD Fakaeletonika. Ko e fakaotiaga totogi ko e taha gahua ni, ti ko e kupega he hau a talaaga ka fakafou fakahaga i mua he fakaotiaga e totogi.
Kua lolomi ai ke he pepa mitaki 200 gsm matte he taha he tau lahi ono, mai he 30 × 40 cm ke hoko ke he 24 × 36″. Kamata e tau poster lolomi mai he $39, kua putoia ai e utaaga.
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Fakafano mai e taha ata ki a mautolu he loto he 14 e tau aho tali mai he hokoaga, ti to lolomi foki e mautolu nakai totogi po ke liu atu e totogi ki a koe.
E. He editor i luga he kupega nei, hikihiki e matakupu, e matakupu lalo mo e laini coordinates ke he taha mena kua manako a koe ki ai, ti fifili e puhala mo e lahi. Ko e tau talaaga lolomi, poloka mo e fakaeletonika oti kua fakaaoga tonu e hau a fakatino.
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