The Banhado
A wide wetland on the Paraíba do Sul floodplain sits just below the city centre, leaving a striking empty area beside the dense streets.
Minimalist map poster · Brazil
23.1794° S / 45.8869° W
A long city on the Paraíba Valley plateau, edged by river wetlands and threaded by the Via Dutra highway

One city, five moods
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The map
São José dos Campos stretches along the Paraíba Valley in the state of São Paulo, roughly halfway between the capital and Rio de Janeiro. From above, the city sits on a raised plateau, and its northern edge drops down to the floodplain of the Paraíba do Sul river, where the wetland known as the Banhado forms an open green crescent right next to the centre.
The Via Dutra highway cuts across the urban area, and around it neighbourhoods spread in a mix of curving suburban streets and straighter grids. The city is closely tied to aerospace: it is home to Embraer and to ITA, the Aeronautics Institute of Technology, whose campus appears on the map as a distinct, orderly zone of roads and open ground.
A São José dos Campos map poster shows these contrasts clearly: the compact centre on the escarpment, the flat emptiness of the Banhado, and the long spread of districts following the valley. It is a city defined as much by its landforms as by its street pattern.
A wide wetland on the Paraíba do Sul floodplain sits just below the city centre, leaving a striking empty area beside the dense streets.
The ITA and aerospace research area forms a planned enclave of looping roads and open land, clearly distinct from the surrounding neighbourhoods.
The main highway between São Paulo and Rio crosses the city diagonally, a strong line that organises how the urban area has spread.
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Why São José dos Campos
People with ties to the valley, engineers who trained at ITA or families who have lived here for generations, hang this map as a reminder of a city shaped by both landscape and technology.
Personalise the title, subtitle and coordinates, perhaps with a graduation year or a home address, and choose between Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint and Sand to fit the room.
Order the São José dos Campos 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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