El-Obeid

El-Obeid
الأبيض
Camels in El-Obeid (early 1960s)
Camels in El-Obeid (early 1960s)
El-Obeid is located in Sudan
El-Obeid

El-Obeid
Location in Sudan (North Kurdufan state highlighted)
Coordinates: 13°11′N 30°13′E / 13.183°N 30.217°E / 13.183; 30.217
Country Sudan
StateNorth Kordofan
Elevation
609 m (1,998 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total418,280[citation needed]
Time zoneGMT + 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.