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Al-Ubayyid (also El Obeid) [1] (Arabic: الأبيض ‎) is the capital of the state of North Kurdufan in central Sudan. In 1993, its population was 229,425.
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Al Ubayyiḑ also El Obeid, city, central Sudan, on the dry Kurdufān Plateau. It is a market centre, connected by rail to Khartoum and Port Sudan....
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Capital of North Kordofan province, Sudan; population (2007 est) 428,600. In central Sudan, on the Kordofan Plateau, it is linked by rail with Khartoum 300 km/186 mi to the ...

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Al Ubayyiḑ (also El Obeid), city, central Sudan, on the dry Kurdufān Plateau. It is a market centre, connected by rail to Khartoum and Port Sudan. The city has a trade in gum arabic, oilseed, livestock, and other goods produced in the surrounding region. Al Ubayyiḑ was founded by Egyptians in 1821. In 1883 an army of the Mahdi, under the Muslim leader Muhammad Ahmad Abd Allah, defeated an Egyptian force here. A rail link was built in 1912. Population 228,096 (1993).