Valley streets
Main roads and neighbourhoods follow the narrow valley floors, so the city's outline branches and bends like a stream rather than filling a square.
Minimalist map poster · China
37.8575° N / 113.5633° E
A coal city threaded through narrow Taihang valleys, its streets following the folds of the mountains rather than a grid.

One city, five moods
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The map
Yangquan lies in eastern Shanxi, among the ridges of the Taihang Mountains close to the border with Hebei. Few cities in the region are so shaped by terrain: the urban area winds through narrow valleys, with neighbourhoods climbing hillsides and main roads following the valley floors. On a map it looks like a branching stream of streets rather than a compact block.
Coal has defined Yangquan's economy since the early twentieth century, and the area is known for its anthracite. The city also sits on one of the historic routes between the North China Plain and the Shanxi plateau. Nearby, in Pingding County, Niangziguan is a famous Great Wall pass, named by tradition after a Tang dynasty princess whose troops guarded it.
A Yangquan map poster turns this unusual topography into a striking design. The streets bend and split along the valleys, industrial areas fill the flatter ground, and the empty mountain slopes create strong negative space. It is a fine choice for people from Shanxi and for anyone who likes maps that reveal the land beneath a city.
Main roads and neighbourhoods follow the narrow valley floors, so the city's outline branches and bends like a stream rather than filling a square.
Steep Taihang ridges rise between the valleys, leaving wide unbuilt areas on the map that give the poster its bold contrast of density and space.
The railway between Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang runs through the city, tracing long, winding curves along the valleys it shares with the roads.
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Why Yangquan
Yangquan is a city shaped by hard work and hard terrain, and those who come from it tend to remember both. A map of its valleys is a quiet tribute to that landscape and makes a thoughtful gift for family.
Change the title, subtitle and coordinates line to add a name, a district or a date. Choose from five styles, Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand, and download the HD files in six sizes or order a framed print.
Order the Yangquan 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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