El-Obeid

El-Obeid (Arabic: الأبيض, al-ʾAbyaḍ, lit. "the White"), also romanized as Al-Ubayyid, is the capital of the state of North Kurdufan, in Sudan.

El-Obeid
الأبيض
Camels in El-Obeid (early 1960s)

El-Obeid
Location in Sudan (North Kurdufan state highlighted)
Coordinates: 13°11′N 30°13′E
Country Sudan
StateNorth Kordofan
Elevation
609 m (1,998 ft)
Population
 (2012)
  Total418,280
Time zoneGMT + 3
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