Highway spine
The main road to Zambia runs straight through the town and forms its backbone, with commercial plots and parking areas pressed tightly along its length.
Minimalist map poster · Tanzania
9.3000° S / 32.7667° E
A border town strung along the highway to Zambia, where road and railway funnel traffic through a single crossing.

One city, five moods
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The map
Tunduma lies in southwestern Tanzania, right on the border with Zambia, opposite the Zambian town of Nakonde. Its shape comes almost entirely from the road. The main highway from Dar es Salaam and Mbeya passes through the town to the border post, and the built-up area stretches along it, with markets, warehouses, lodges and truck parks lining both sides.
It is one of the busiest crossings in the region, a key point on the corridor that carries goods between the port of Dar es Salaam and Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and beyond. The TAZARA railway, built in the 1970s to link Tanzania and Zambia, also passes close by. Long lines of trucks waiting to cross are a familiar sight.
A Tunduma map poster shows a town organised around movement. The highway forms the main axis, residential streets fan out on either side into the surrounding highlands, and the international border cuts sharply across the grain of the town. It is a small place with a large role, clearly visible in the lines of the map.
The main road to Zambia runs straight through the town and forms its backbone, with commercial plots and parking areas pressed tightly along its length.
The international boundary with Zambia crosses the southwestern edge of the town, where Tunduma merges into Nakonde, making the border an unusual feature on a city map.
Behind the roadside strip, residential streets extend in looser patterns into the rolling highlands, gradually giving way to fields at the edges of the town.
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Why Tunduma
Tunduma matters to drivers, traders and families whose lives depend on the crossing. A map of the town shows exactly where two countries meet, a meaningful image for anyone who has lived or worked there.
Personalise the title, subtitle and coordinates, perhaps with both towns' names or a meaningful date. Choose Classic, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand, and order a matte print from a local partner or download the HD files.
Order the Tunduma 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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