Lake Nokoué
The broad, shallow lake fills most of the map. It surrounds the village and connects it to the shore and to Cotonou to the south.
Posta faʻafanua faigofie · Benin
6.4644° N / 2.3929° E
A village of stilt houses on Lake Nokoué, where the streets are waterways and the map is mostly lake





Tasi le aai, lagona e lima
Tapi se sitaili e vaai ai i luga o le puipui. E tutusa uma le tau o sitaili — pe lolomiina, faapipiiina, pe avea ma faila HD.
Pika Moni · Faila Lolomi 24 × 36″Manino mo le lolomi
O se vaega atoa (100%) lenei mai le faila lolomi moni. O posita uma — pe lolomiina, faapipiiina pe download mai — e faia i luga o a matou server i le 300 DPI, e oo atu i le 7,200 × 10,800 pika, ina ia manino pea auala laiti i luga o se lolomiga 24 × 36″.
I luga o le puipui



Le faʻafanua
Ganvié stands in the waters of Lake Nokoué, north of Cotonou in southern Benin, and is one of the best-known lake villages in Africa. Its houses are built on wooden stilts above the water, and people move between them by canoe. It is often called the Venice of Africa. On a map the usual relationship between streets and blocks is reversed, because the water is the space for moving around.
The village was founded by the Tofinu people, who, according to the accepted account, settled on the lake to escape slave raiders who were forbidden from entering the water. Today the settlement spreads across the shallow lake as clusters of buildings with channels between them, and the lake's wide surface surrounds it on every side.
A Ganvié map poster is a quiet, unusual image. A large, calm area of lake fills the frame, with the village appearing as a scattered pattern of structures and waterways and the shoreline visible at the edges. It shows a community that built a whole way of life on the water and has kept it for centuries.
The broad, shallow lake fills most of the map. It surrounds the village and connects it to the shore and to Cotonou to the south.
Homes, markets and other buildings stand on stilts in groups across the water. They form an unusual pattern with no conventional streets.
Canoe routes run between the building clusters and act as the village's streets. They give the drawing a loose, flowing structure.
Fai mo oe
Faʻaopoopo se aso, se igoa po o sau lava upu, sui le sitaili, lapoʻa po o le itu.
O le preview e leai se totogi e maualalo le resolution ma iai se watermark. O lolomi ma faila HD e faia i le 300 DPI, e oo atu i le 7,200 × 10,800 px, e aunoa ma se watermark.
Aisea Ganvié
Ganvié is unlike almost any other place on earth, and a map shows that at a glance. It suits travellers who have crossed the lake by boat, people from Benin, and anyone drawn to places built on water.
Personalise the title, subtitle and coordinates line, perhaps with the date of your visit. Choose Classic, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. Download the files in six print sizes for $9, or order a printed poster with an optional wooden frame.
Faatau le posita Ganvié| Lapoʻa lolomi | Manino | Faila |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Ae faʻatusatusa, o le faʻataʻitaʻiga e leai se totogi e 900 px le lautele, e iai le faʻailoga vai ma e mo mata. O faila HD e oʻo atu i le 8× le manino i itu taʻitasi ma e lolomi manino i le lapoʻa atoa o le posta.
Filifili se sitaili i le pito i luga o le itulau, ona filifili lea o le Posita Lolomi — se lapopoa ma, afai e te fiafia, se faavaa — po o Faila HD Numera. E na o le tasi laasaga o le Checkout, ma o le a fesuia'i lou itulau o oka i le taimi lava e mae'a ai le totogi.
E lolomiina i luga o pepa matte maualuga le tulaga e 200 gsm, i se tasi o lapopoa e ono, mai le 30 × 40 cm i le 24 × 36″. E amata le tau o posita lolomi mai le $39, aofia ai le auina atu.
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Ioe. I totonu o le editor i lenei itulau, suia le ulutala, le ulutala laititi ma le laina o coordinates i soo se mea e te fiafia i ai, ma filifili se sitaili ma le lapopoa. O oka lolomi, faavaa ma numera e faaaoga uma lava lau mamanu.
Mo le $9 e te maua ai faila PNG 300 DPI ma PDF ua saunia mo le lolomi i lapopoa uma e ono, e aunoa ma se watermark, e mafai ona lolomi i soo se mea. Le mautinoa lava? Download muamua se preview e leai se totogi ma le watermark.
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