Kobbei
Kobbei is a former town in North Darfur of western Sudan, west of Al-Fashir. It is now deserted. At its peak in the 19th century it was a thriving town, the largest in Darfur, with a population of up to 8,000.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Sudan
- Also known as: “Kobbai”
Kobbei
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Northern Darfur, Sudan, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
14.06825° or 14° 4′ 6″ north
Longitude
23.97509° or 23° 58′ 30″ east
Elevation
955 metres (3,133 feet)
Open location code
7G653X9G+82
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Kobbei” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كوبّإ”
- Dutch: “Kobbei”
- Irish: “Kobbei”
- Japanese: “コッベイ”
- Persian: “کوبئی”
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