The border line
The international boundary runs straight across the hills, dividing the two cities of Nogales and making a clear graphic edge on the print.
Minimalist map poster · Mexico
31.3086° N / 110.9422° W
A city threaded through a narrow desert valley, its streets meeting a hard straight line at the border.





One city, five moods
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On the wall



The map
Nogales, Sonora, sits directly on the border with the United States, facing its smaller namesake in Arizona. The centre lies in a narrow valley between steep hills, so streets bend to follow the terrain and many neighbourhoods climb the slopes in terraces. The international boundary cuts across the top of the map as a single straight line, one of the most distinctive features any city plan can have.
The railway and the main highway both run through the valley toward Hermosillo and the rest of Mexico, and the city has long been one of the busiest land ports for goods moving between the two countries, including large volumes of fresh produce. Factories and maquiladoras occupy flatter ground along the southern approaches.
A Nogales map poster shows how much the landscape shapes the city: winding roads in the hills, tightly packed blocks on the valley floor and the sudden change at the frontier, where the street pattern of one country stops and another begins. The name itself comes from the walnut trees that once grew in the area.
The international boundary runs straight across the hills, dividing the two cities of Nogales and making a clear graphic edge on the print.
The historic centre and main commercial streets fill the narrow valley bottom, where the rail line and the highway run side by side.
Residential districts wrap around the surrounding hills, their streets curving along the contours in patterns that look almost like topographic lines.
Make it yours
Add a date, a name or a line of your own, switch style, size or orientation.
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 Nogales
Nogales matters to people whose families live on both sides of the line, to those who crossed it at a turning point in life, and to anyone who knows the city through years of work in trade or manufacturing.
Personalise the title and subtitle, keep the coordinates or replace them with your own line, and choose one of five styles. The $9 download includes six sizes, and printed posters ship from partners in over 30 countries.
Order the Nogales poster| 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.
Pick a style at the top of the page, then choose Printed Poster — a size and, if you like, a frame — or Digital HD Files. Checkout takes one step, and your order page updates as soon as the payment goes through.
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 {printFrom}, shipping included.
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Send us a photo within 14 days of delivery and we will reprint it for free or refund you.
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.
For $9 you get 300 DPI PNG and print-ready PDF files in all six sizes, without a watermark, to print anywhere. Not sure yet? Download a free watermarked preview first.
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