Radial town plan
Streets run out from a central park like spokes and are tied together by circular roads, a rare example of a fully round street layout that shows up clearly at any print size.
Pōsitā mape sitaila faingofua · ʻAfikānisitani
Balkh — Balkh Map Poster & Print
36.7563° N / 66.8972° E
A round town plan of radial streets beside the long earthen walls of an ancient city on the Bactrian plain
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Kolo ʻe taha, ongoʻi ʻe nima
Balkh ʻi he sitaila kotoa pē
Tuki ha sitaile ke sio ai 'i ho holisi. 'Oku tatau pē 'a e totongi 'o e sitaile kotoa pē — tā pepa, fa'o, pe ko e fa'ile HD.
Pika mo'oni · fa'ile tā 24 × 36″Mahino ke paaki
Hala kotoa pē ʻi Balkh, mahino ʻaupito
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'I he pā
Balkh 'i 'api
Ko e mape
Balkh Map Poster & Print
Balkh sits on the flat plain of northern Afghanistan, about twenty kilometres west of Mazar-i-Sharif, where irrigation channels fed by the Balkh River spread across open farmland. From above, the modern town is laid out as a circle. Its streets run out like spokes from a central green, and ring roads cross them, which makes it one of the most geometric small town plans in the region.
Just beside the modern circle are the remains of something much older. Balkh was ancient Bactra, and for centuries writers called it the Mother of Cities. Its eroded mud-brick walls still trace a huge irregular loop on the ground. On a map they show up as a wide, faint outline next to the neat rings of the newer town, and the contrast between the two is easy to read.
A Balkh map poster puts both layouts on one sheet: the tidy radial town and the worn ramparts of Bactra around it. The town is also traditionally named as the birthplace of the poet Rumi, and its fluted-dome shrine of Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa is one of the best-known buildings in northern Afghanistan. In black and white, the plan reads almost like a diagram.
- Tokolahi ʻo e kakai
- 114,883
- Koʻoatineiti
- 36.7563° N / 66.8972° E
- Māʻolunga mei he tahi
- 348 m
- Taimi fakafeituʻu
- Kabul
- Vahefonua
- Balkh, Afghanistan
Walls of Bactra
The eroded earthen ramparts of the ancient city form a large irregular ring next to the modern town, a pale outline of one of Central Asia's oldest urban sites.
Irrigated plain
Around the town, straight field boundaries and irrigation channels from the Balkh River divide the flat ground into fine strips that frame the round centre.
Ke ʻaʻau pē
Felemiʻi ho konga ʻo Balkh
Tānaki ha ʻaho, ha hingoa pe ha laine ʻaʻau, pea liliu ʻa e sitaila, saisi pe tuʻunga.
Ko e sio muʻa ta'etotongi 'oku ma'ulalo hono lelei pea 'oku ai hano fakaʻilonga vai. Ko e ngaahi tā mo e fa'ile HD 'oku ngaohi 'i he 300 DPI, 'o a'u ki he 7,200 × 10,800 px, ta'e ha fakaʻilonga vai.
Ko e hā ʻa Balkh
Ha mape ʻoku ʻi ai hono ʻuhinga
For many people Balkh stands for Rumi, for the Silk Road and for Bactria, and the map shows that depth quietly through two layouts sitting side by side. It suits people with family roots in the region and anyone drawn to the oldest cities in the world.
You can add your own title, a subtitle such as a date, and a coordinates line, then pick Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. Download the HD files for $9, or order a matte print with an optional wooden frame.
'Oda 'a e posita BalkhKo e hā ʻoku ʻi he faile HD300 DPIʻIkai ha fakaʻilonga-vaiPNG + PDF
| Saisi paaki | Tuʻunga mahino | Ngaahi faile |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm (11.8 × 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 cm (18 × 24″) | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm (19.7 × 27.6″) | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm (24 × 36″) | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
Ke fakafehoanaki, ko e sio fakamuʻa taʻetotongi ʻoku fālahi ʻaki ʻa e 900 px, ʻi ai hono fakaʻilonga-vai pea ki he ngaahi screen pē. ʻOku liunga 8 hono mahino ʻo e ngaahi faile HD ʻi he tafaʻaki kotoa pea ʻoku paaki lelei ʻi he saisi kakato ʻo e pōsitā.
Balkh Map Poster & Print — FAQ
Fēfē hono 'oda 'o e posita Balkh?
Fili ha sitaile 'i he tumu'aki 'o e peesi, pea fili leva ha Posita Tā — ha lahi pea, kapau 'oku ke sai'ia, ha fa'o — pe ko e ngaahi Fa'ile Digital HD. Ko e Checkout ko e sitepu pē 'e taha, pea 'e fakafo'ou leva ho'o peesi 'oda 'i he taimi 'e a'u ai 'a e totongi.
'Oku fēfē 'a e posita Balkh kuo tā?
'Oku tā ia 'i ha pepa matte 200 gsm mo'oni lelei taha, 'i ha taha 'o e ngaahi lahi 'e ono, mei he 30 × 40 cm ki he 24 × 36″. 'Oku kamata 'a e ngaahi posita kuo tā 'i he $39, kuo kau ai 'a e 'ave.
'E lava ke u 'oda 'a e posita Balkh kuo fa'o?
'Io. Fili ha fa'o 'akau mo'oni 'i he 'uli'uli, hina, oki fakanatula pe 'akau fu'u 'uli'uli. 'Oku fakataha mai mo ha sio'ata ta'emafesi pea kuo mateuteu ke tautau. 'Oku kamata 'a e ngaahi posita kuo fa'o 'i he $99, kuo kau ai 'a e 'ave.
'Oku fē lōloa 'a e 'ave, pea ko e hā hono totongi?
Ko e tuku atu ʻoku ʻataʻatā ʻi he māmani kātoa. ʻOku paaki ʻa e tohi ʻuluaki taki taha ʻe he tokotaha paaki ofi taha ʻo hotau kau paaki ʻi he fonua ʻe 30 tupu, pea ʻoku fakaʻaongaʻi ʻo aʻu mai ʻi he ʻaho ngāue ʻe 3–7. ʻE lava ke ke muimui ʻi he tuʻunga mo e fakahinohino ʻi he “Ngaahi Ōtā ʻOku Ou Fai”. ʻOku toe fiha fonua ʻoku fakaʻaongaʻi ʻi he uike ʻe 2–5, pea ʻi he ngaahi fonua ʻoku te teʻeki ke tau fakatau ki ai, ʻoku fakahā atu ʻe he sāite ia ki mu'a ke ke totongi.
Ko e hā kapau 'oku a'u mai kuo maumau 'eku posita?
'Ave mai ha foto kiate kimautolu 'i he lolotonga 'o e 'aho 'e 14 mei he taimi na'e a'u mai ai, pea te mau toe tā ia ta'etotongi pe toe totongi atu 'a ho'o pa'anga.
'E lava ke u tānaki hamau hingoa pe ha 'aho ki he posita Balkh?
'Io. 'I he editor 'i he peesi ni, liliu 'a e kaveinga, 'a e kaveinga si'i mo e laine fakafuofua ki ha me'a pē 'oku ke sai'ia ai, pea fili ha sitaile mo ha lahi. Ko e ngaahi 'oda tā, fa'o mo digital kotoa 'oku ngāue'aki ai pē ho'o fakatātā tofu pē.
Ko e hā 'oku ou ma'u 'aki 'a e ngaahi fa'ile digital HD?
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