El-Obeid
الأبيض | |
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 Camels in El-Obeid (early 1960s) | |
.png)  El-Obeid Location in Sudan (North Kurdufan state highlighted) | |
| Coordinates: 13°11′N 30°13′E / 13.183°N 30.217°E | |
| Country |  Sudan |
| State | North Kordofan |
| Elevation | 609 m (1,998 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 418,280[citation needed] |
| Time zone | GMT + 3 |
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.