Main road spine
A through road organises the town, with the busiest and most closely built streets gathered along its length before the pattern loosens.
Minimalist map poster · Ethiopia
7.1333° N / 37.9500° E
A highland market town in central Ethiopia, its streets gathered around a main road among farmland and scattered homesteads

One city, five moods
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On the wall



The map
Shonē is a town in the Central Ethiopia Regional State, in the southern part of the Ethiopian highlands. It serves as a local centre for the surrounding rural area, where much of the population lives on small farms. On a map the town reads as a modest cluster of streets with a main road running through it and fields on every side.
The street pattern is informal and irregular in places, with a denser core near the main road and looser lanes branching outward. Paths and tracks lead away into cultivated countryside, where homesteads are spread across the land rather than gathered into tight villages. This gives the edges of the map a soft, dotted quality instead of a hard boundary.
A Shonē map poster is a quiet record of a place that rarely appears on printed maps at all. It keeps things simple: the road that brings people to town, the grid of streets around the centre, and the transition into open highland farmland that surrounds it in every direction.
A through road organises the town, with the busiest and most closely built streets gathered along its length before the pattern loosens.
Near the centre the streets form an uneven grid, shaped by growth over time rather than a single plan, which gives the map character.
Around the town, tracks and footpaths fan out into cultivated highland, so the built area fades gradually into the rural landscape.
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 Shonē
For people from Shonē living elsewhere in Ethiopia or abroad, a map of the town is a direct and personal link to home. It is also an unusual piece for anyone who has worked or travelled in the region.
The title, subtitle and coordinates line can all be changed, so you can write the name in your own spelling or add a family date. Choose Classic black and white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand.
Order the Shonē 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.
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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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