Meeting of routes
Several roads and tracks converge on the town center, making Pissila a natural crossing point for the villages and markets of the surrounding commune.
Minimalist map poster · Burkina Faso
13.1642° N / 0.8225° W
A market town on the open plains of Centre-Nord, with tracks radiating across dry farmland toward scattered villages.

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The map
Pissila is a town and rural commune in the Sanmatenga province of Burkina Faso's Centre-Nord region, east of the provincial capital Kaya. The surrounding country is flat to gently rolling, a landscape of millet and sorghum fields, shrubs and seasonal watercourses that fill during the rainy season and stay dry for much of the year.
The town itself is modest in size, with a central area where roads and tracks meet and compounds spread outward in a loose pattern. Much of the commune's population lives in the surrounding villages, and the map reflects that: a small core connected by many paths to settlements scattered across the plain.
A Pissila map poster presents a place defined by openness rather than density. The thin lines of roads and tracks stretch across the page, dry river beds curve between them, and the town sits at their meeting point, a portrait of how life organises itself across the landscape of northern Burkina Faso.
Several roads and tracks converge on the town center, making Pissila a natural crossing point for the villages and markets of the surrounding commune.
Dry beds and shallow channels cross the plain, carrying water only during the rainy months, and give the map its few softer curves.
Around the center, family compounds spread out loosely rather than forming a tight grid, a settlement pattern common across the region.
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Why Pissila
For people from Pissila living in Ouagadougou, Abidjan or Europe, the map is a way to keep the town present at home. It suits a family living room or a gift for an elder who remembers how the place has grown.
Personalise the title and subtitle with a name or a date, adjust the coordinates, and choose one of five styles, including Classic black & white and Sand. The free watermarked preview lets you check the result first, and the HD files cost $9 without a watermark.
Order the Pissila 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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