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.
Ata mapa faigafua · Afghanistan
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
- Ko te meʻa ʻaē ʻe ke sio ai, ʻe ke maʻu
- ʻO aʻu ki te 7,200 × 10,800 px · 300 DPI
- PNG + PDF ʻe tali ki te pulūti
- ʻE mole he fakaʻilonga
Kolo e tahi, lanu e nima
Balkh ʻi te faʻahiga fuli
Tuki he sitaili ke sio ai ʻi te holo. ʻE tatau pē te totogi ʻo te sitaili fuli pē — mokā tā, fakakātoa, peʻe ko he ʻu faila HD.
Ngaahi pikiseli moʻoni · faila tā 24 × 36″Mahino lelei ki te pulūti
Te ʻu hala fuli ʻo Balkh, mahino lelei
Ko he konga 100% ʻo te faila tā moʻoni ʻaeni. Ko te ʻu posita fuli pē — mokā tā, fakakātoa peʻe download — ʻe fakatupu ʻi ʻomātou seva ʻi te 300 DPI, aʻu ki te 7,200 × 10,800 pikiseli, koia ʻe nofo mahino ai te ʻu ala liliki ʻi he tā 24 × 36″.
ʻI Te Puipui
Balkh ʻi te fale
Te mapa
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.
- Kaugamālie
- 114,883
- Koʻolitinē
- 36.7563° N / 66.8972° E
- Māʻolunga
- 348 m
- Temi fakafenua
- Kabul
- Potu
- 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.
Faʻu ke ʻau ʻa ʻau
Fakakupesi tou potu ʻo Balkh
Tuku he ʻaho, he hingoa peʻe he kiʻi palalau ʻa ʻau, fetogi te faʻahiga, te lahi peʻe te hake.
Ko te faʻata fua noa ʻe māʻulalo hono lelei pea ʻe ʻi ai he fakaʻilonga. Ko te ʻu tā mo te ʻu faila HD ʻe fakatupu ʻi te 300 DPI, aʻu ki te 7,200 × 10,800 px, ʻe mole ʻi ai he fakaʻilonga.
Koteā ko Balkh
He mapa ʻe maʻuhiga
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.
Fakatau te posita BalkhKo te meʻa ʻi te faile HD300 DPIʻE mole he fakaʻilongaPNG + PDF
| Lahi ʻo te pulūti | Mahino | 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 |
Ko te ata ʻe mole totogi ʻe 900 px tona laulahi, mo te fakaʻilonga, ki te sioʻata pē. Ko te ʻu faile HD ʻe aʻu ki te liuga 8 tona mahino, pea ʻe pulūti lelei ʻi te lahi kātoa.
Balkh Map Poster & Print — FAQ
Feafeaʻi taku fakatau te posita Balkh?
Fili he sitaili ʻi te tuʻa ʻo te pasina, pea fili leva te Posita Tā — he lahi pea, kapau ʻe ke loto ai, he fakakātoa — peʻe ko te ʻu Faila HD Fakakomipiuta. ʻE tahi pē te sitepu ʻo te totogi, pea ʻe fakafou fakavavevave pē tau pasina fakatau mai te taimi ʻe fai ai te totogi.
ʻE feafeaʻi te posita Balkh kua tā?
ʻE tā ʻi he pepa lelei ʻaupito 200 gsm matte, ʻi he tahi ʻo te ono lahi, mai te 30 × 40 cm ki te 24 × 36″. ʻE kamata te ʻu posita tā ʻi te $39, kātoa mo te ʻave.
ʻE feala koa taku fakatau te posita Balkh kua fakakātoa?
ʻIo. Fili he fakakātoa ʻakau moʻoni ʻi te kili, hinahina, ʻakau natula peʻe ʻakau ʻuliʻuli. ʻE ʻi ai mo he sioga mālohi ʻe mole mafesi, pea kua teu ke tautau. ʻE kamata te ʻu posita fakakātoa ʻi te $99, kātoa mo te ʻave.
ʻE fia fuoloa te ʻave, pea ʻe fia hono totogi?
Ko te ʻave ʻe tuʻa totogi ʻi te malamanei katoa. Ko te pōsita ʻe tā e te kaumeʻa tā ʻoku ofi taha ʻi fenua e 30+, pea ʻe aʻu mai ʻi ʻaho gāue e 3–7. ʻE lava ke ke sivi te tuʻunga mo te tulitaki ʻi lalo ʻo Aku ʻōta. ʻE ʻi ai ni fenua ʻe uike e 2–5, pea ʻi te ʻu fenua ʻe mole te ʻave ki ai, ʻe fakahā e te sitē ʻi muʻa ʻo te totogi.
Kapau ʻe aʻu mai kua maumau taku posita, ʻe fai feafeaʻi?
Fekau mai he ʻata ʻi loto ʻi te ʻaho e 14 talu mai te aʻu mai, pea mātou toe tā noa peʻe toe totogi atu.
ʻE feala ke ʻau tuʻu ai homa higoa peʻe he ʻaho ki te posita Balkh?
ʻIo. ʻI te meʻa fakatonutonu ʻi te pasina ʻaeni, fetogi te kupu tāfito, te kupu lalo pea mo te laina koʻoliteti ki he meʻa fuli pē ʻe ke loto ai, pea fili he sitaili mo he lahi. Ko te ʻu fakatau tā, fakakātoa mo fakakomipiuta ʻe fakaʻaogaʻi katoa pē tou fakatātā.
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Mo te $9 ʻe ke maʻu ai te ʻu faila PNG 300 DPI mo PDF kua teu ke tā, ʻi te ono lahi kātoa, ʻe mole ʻi ai he fakaʻilonga, ke ke tā ai ʻi soʻo he potu. Kei tā fakafiafia? Download muʻa he faʻata mokā mo he fakaʻilonga, ʻe fua noa.