Planned subdivisions
Long rows of rectangular blocks, laid out before building begins, give the outer districts a crisp, almost diagrammatic lattice that stands out clearly in black and white.
Minimalist map poster · Burkina Faso
12.3714° N / 1.4147° W
A young town on the eastern edge of Ouagadougou, where fresh street grids spread across flat savanna along the main road east.

One city, five moods
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Actual pixels · 24 × 36″ print filePrint-sharp
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On the wall



The map
Saaba sits just beyond the eastern outskirts of Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso's Centre region. For much of the past two decades it has grown as the capital's neighbour rather than a separate world. On a map the town reads as a series of rectangular subdivisions laid out on almost level ground. Their blocks are cut by straight earth roads that meet at right angles and stretch outward in every direction.
The land here is open savanna, so there are no dramatic contours to shape the plan. What the map shows instead is intent: parcels drawn before houses arrive, a main road carrying traffic towards the city, and patches of older settlement where lanes bend around compounds instead of following a ruler. The contrast between these two patterns gives the drawing its character.
A Saaba map poster works well in monochrome because that pattern is so graphic. Dense black lines gather near the road, then thin into a lighter lattice at the edges where the grid is still filling in. It is a picture of a place in the middle of becoming, captured at one moment in its growth.
Long rows of rectangular blocks, laid out before building begins, give the outer districts a crisp, almost diagrammatic lattice that stands out clearly in black and white.
A main road links Saaba with Ouagadougou to the west. The town's densest streets cluster along it before fanning out into quieter residential blocks.
With few hills or rivers to steer the plan, the street pattern spreads evenly across the plain, so the poster reads as pure geometry rather than terrain.
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 Saaba
For people with family in Saaba, or anyone who watched it grow from open land into a busy suburb, the map is a record of that change. It suits a hallway or a study, and the title can carry a family name, a move-in date or a simple line of coordinates.
Choose Classic black & white for a clean graphic, Noir for a dark wall, or Paper, Blueprint and Sand for a softer tone. The digital files cost $9 and include six print sizes as 300 DPI PNG and PDF. You can also order a printed poster with an optional wooden frame.
Order the Saaba 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.
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 $39, shipping included.
Yes. Choose a solid wood frame in black, white, natural oak or dark wood. It comes with shatterproof glazing and is ready to hang. Framed posters start at $99, shipping included.
Shipping is free to 60+ countries. Each poster is printed by the nearest of our print partners in 30+ countries and usually arrives in 3–7 business days. You can follow the status and tracking under My Orders. A few countries take 2–5 weeks, and where we don't ship yet, the site tells you before you pay.
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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