al-Ubayyid
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الأبيض El Obeid al-Ubayyid |
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 11 ' N , 30 ° 13' E | ||
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| Country | Sudan | ||
| Shamal Kurdufan | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | SD-KN | ||
| Residents | 418,280 (calculation 2013) | ||
 Central market
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Al-Ubayyid , Arabic الأبيض, DMG al-Ubayyiḍ , alternative spelling El Obeid , more rarely El-Obeid, El Obied; is the capital of the Sudanese state of Shamal Kurdufan and an important trading center, especially for gum arabic .
Location and traffic
The city is located in the south of Sudan, around 370 km southwest of Khartoum and north of the Nuba Mountains . A good asphalt road connects the city with Khartoum and ends about 100 kilometers further west, where only dirt roads continue to Darfur , as well as to the Nuba mountains to the south.
On February 27, 1912, the railway line from Khartoum to al-Ubayyid was opened. Since the outbreak of the Darfur conflict , the railway connection from Khartoum via Kusti to Nyala and with it the branch from this line to al-Ubayyid has almost been suspended. The El Obeid Airport is located 4 km from the center.
population
Al-Ubayyid has 418,280 inhabitants according to the 2013 calculation.
Population development:
| year | Residents |
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| 1956 (n / a) | 47,700 |
| 1973 (census) | 90.060 |
| 1983 (census) | 141,528 |
| 1993 (census) | 229.425 |
| 2010 (calculation) | 398.993 |
| 2012 (calculation) | 408.357 |
| 2013 (calculation) | 418.280 |
history
Al-Ubayyid had belonged to the kingdom of Muhammad Ali Pasha of Egypt since 1821 and subsequently grew to become the second largest city in Sudan. In January 1883, after a four-month siege, it was captured by the Mahdists , causing heavy damage. The Egyptian Khedive then sent an expeditionary army to retake the city and destroy the Mahdiyya (movement of the Mahdi). The company ended in disaster. The force of around 10,000 men, exhausted and demoralized by the long march, was defeated by the Mahdi's army at the Battle of Sheikan . Only after the defeat of the Mahdi Empire was the city rebuilt in 1898.
In February 2000 a helicopter crashed during a stopover in the city, and Leni Riefenstahl was among its passengers . She was on another exploration trip to the Nuba in the Nuba Mountains and survived the crash with several broken ribs.
economy
Al-Ubayyid is the main trading center for agricultural products and exports primarily gum arabic to the world market , along with sesame and peanuts .
Cityscape
In al-Ubayyid there is a small museum about the city's history, two markets and a large Catholic cathedral, completed in 1971.
The Kurdufan University, founded in 1990, is located in the northern part of the city. The Institute for International Forestry and Wood Management at TU Dresden has a partnership with her.
The city has been the seat of a Catholic diocese since 1974 .
sons and daughters of the town
- Muna Jabir Adam (* 1987), track and field athlete
Climate table
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for al-Ubayyid
Source: wetterkontor.de
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Individual evidence
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