Obour

Obour is a city in the , about 35 kilometers north-east of . The city has 142,955 residents. It is named to honor the crossing of the Bar Lev Line by the Egyptian Army during Operation Badr in 1973, part of the October War.
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  • Type: City with 139,000 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Al Ubour”, “Al-‘Ubur”, “Al-Obour”, “El Ubour”, and “Obour City”

Obour

Latitude
30.1914° or 30° 11′ 29″ north
Longitude
31.4505° or 31° 27′ 2″ east
Population
139,000
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
Open location code
8G2H5FR2+H6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 311994035
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
12451089
Wiki­data ID
Q4120190
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Obour” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “العبور”
  • Arabic: “مدينة العبور”
  • Asturian: “Obour City”
  • Chinese: “阿布尔”
  • Dutch: “Obour City”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “العبور”
  • Esperanto: “Ubur”
  • French: “El Obour”
  • French: “Obour”
  • German: “Al Ubur”
  • German: “al-Ubur”
  • German: “Al-Ubur”
  • German: “Obour City”
  • Greek: “Ομπούρ”
  • Hebrew: “אל-עובור”
  • Irish: “Al-Ubur”
  • Irish: “Obour City”
  • Japanese: “オーブル”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Obour”
  • Norwegian: “Obour”
  • Persian: “شهر عبور”
  • Polish: “Al-Ubur”
  • Russian: “Эль-Убур”
  • Spanish: “Al-‘Ubūr”
  • Spanish: “Al-’Ubūr”
  • Spanish: “El Obour”
  • Swedish: “Obour City”
  • Swedish: “Obour”
  • Thai: “อัลอุบูร”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Убур”
  • Urdu: “عبور (شہر)”
  • Urdu: “عبور”
  • Zulu: “Obour (idolobha)”
  • Zulu: “Obour”

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