Palace quarter
The older core around the Soun's palace forms the densest part of the map, a knot of short, irregular streets that shows how the town grew outward from its traditional centre.
Minimalist map poster · Nigeria
8.1337° N / 4.2401° E
A dense Yoruba town core radiating from the palace, with roads fanning out toward Oyo, Ilorin and the savanna beyond.

One city, five moods
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The map
Ogbomoso sits in the northern part of Oyo State, where the forest of southern Nigeria begins to open into savanna. From above, the town reads as a compact, tightly packed core with streets that curve and branch rather than run in straight lines, surrounded by newer neighbourhoods laid out along the main roads. It is one of the larger Yoruba cities, and its growth shows clearly in how the built area spreads outward.
The traditional heart of the town is associated with the palace of the Soun, the paramount ruler of Ogbomoso, and older quarters cluster around it in the way many Yoruba towns grew. Further out, the pattern loosens into wider blocks and longer roads. The highway linking Ibadan and Oyo to Ilorin passes through, giving the map a strong line that the rest of the streets hang from.
Ogbomoso is also a university town, home to Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, and has long ties to Baptist missionary work, including a well-known hospital and seminary. On an Ogbomoso map poster, the result is a portrait of a city that is both old and expanding: a dense centre, a web of lanes, and roads reaching out across the flat surrounding land.
The older core around the Soun's palace forms the densest part of the map, a knot of short, irregular streets that shows how the town grew outward from its traditional centre.
The main road between Oyo and Ilorin cuts across Ogbomoso as a long, confident line, anchoring the composition and linking the town to the wider road network of western Nigeria.
The campus of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology adds a looser, more open pattern of buildings and access roads, a clear contrast with the tight weave of the old town.
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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 Ogbomoso
For people from Ogbomoso living in Lagos, London or Houston, the map is a way of keeping home in view: the lanes around the palace, the road out to school, the district where family still lives. It also suits LAUTECH graduates marking the years they spent in the city.
You can set your own title and subtitle, such as a family name or a graduation year, and adjust the coordinates line. Choose from Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand, download the HD files for $9, or order a printed poster on matte paper with an optional wooden frame.
Order the Ogbomoso 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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