Editing El-Obeid (section)

{{Short description|City in North Kordofan, Sudan}}
{{For|the prehistoric Mesopotamian culture|Ubaid period}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->
<!-- Basic info  ---------------->| official_name      = El-Obeid
| native_name_lang   = ar
| native_name        = الأبيض
| settlement_type    = <!--For Town or Village (Leave blank for the default City)-->
| image_skyline      = SudanCamels.jpg
| imagesize          = 250px
| image_caption      = Camels in El-Obeid (early 1960s)
| pushpin_map        = Sudan
| pushpin_image      = Locator map Sudan North Kurdufan (CPA).png
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Sudan (North Kurdufan state highlighted)
| pushpin_label      = <br/>'''El-Obeid'''
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| coordinates        = {{coord|13|11|N|30|13|E|region:SD|display=inline,title}}
<!-- Location ------------------>| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = [[Image:Flag of Sudan.svg|25px]] [[Sudan]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[States of Sudan|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[North Kordofan]]
| population_as_of   = 2025
| population_total   = 560,471<ref>{{cite web |title=Wad Medani Population 2025 |url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/cities/sudan/wad-medani#:~:text=Wad%20Medani's%202025%20population%20is,the%20UN%20World%20Urbanization%20Prospects. |website=worldpopulationreview.com}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone           = GMT + 3
| elevation_m        = 609
| name               = 
}}

'''El-Obeid''' ({{langx|ar|[[:wikt:أبيض|الأبيض]]}}, ''al-ʾAbyaḍ'', <small>lit.</small>{{nbsp}}"the White"), also [[romanization of Arabic|romanized]] as '''Al-Ubayyid''', is the [[capital city|capital]] of the [[States of Sudan|state]] of [[North Kordofan]], in [[Sudan]].