El-Obeid Voyage Tips and guide

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Founded by the pashas of Ottoman Egypt in 1821, the city was sacked by the Mahdists in September 1883. It was then rebuilt on a modern plan in 1898, following the fall of the Mahdist empire. The population of El-Obeid today is majority Muslim, with a small Christian presence. The town is the site of an airport and an oil refinery. El-Obeid is home to the University of Kordofan, one of the largest universities in Sudan, established in 1990. Since 1989, the city also has been home to a French Association that serves as a Sudanese-French cultural centre in cooperation with the university's French language department

• 13.188830.22481 El-Obeid railway station. (updated Jul 2022)

Map of El-Obeid

• 13.179230.21871 Shikan Museum (متحف شيكان). (updated Jul 2022)
• 13.180830.21982 Our Lady Queen of Africa Cathedral. Historic Roman Catholic church. (updated Jul 2022)