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386:wet season
292:gum arabic
230:Al-Ubayyid
176:Population
1062:Bishopric
1055:partition
355:Geography
330:Um Kadada
273:rail line
232:, is the
226:romanized
215:al-ʾAbyaḍ
190:Time zone
168:Elevation
1417:El-Obeid
1392:Andariya
1367:Andariya
1208:Andariya
1093:See also
1059:Anglican
1041:Religion
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919:Average
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498:(108.1)
478:(110.7)
468:(114.4)
463:(112.1)
453:(104.9)
266:Mahdists
201:El-Obeid
90:El-Obeid
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18:Al Obeid
1267:Dabanga
1077:Italian
857:(0.01)
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194:GMT + 3
184:418,280
141:Country
116:30°13′E
113:13°11′N
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