Gdyel

Gdyel
Commune and town
Gdyel
Coordinates: 35°46′56″N 0°25′25″W / 35.782171°N 0.423746°W / 35.782171; -0.423746
Country	Algeria
Province	Oran Province
District	Gdyel District
Area
• Total	36.22 sq mi (93.82 km2)
Population  (2009)
• Total	39,129
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)

Gdyel (Arabic: قديل), former Saint-Cloud, is a town and commune in District Gdyel, Oran Province, Algeria, about 15 miles to the east of Oran. Under French rule, it was the centre of a wine-growing district and was called St. Cloud.

According to the 1998 census it has a population of 29 999.^[1]

When the Americans invaded Algeria in November 1942 (Operation Torch), the troops who landed at , between Arzew and (now called Bethioua) were held up for two days by fierce fighting at St. Cloud. Eventually, the town was simply by-passed by Major-General Terry de La Mesa Allen, which surprised the defenders of Oran, who quickly surrendered.^[2]

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Coordinates: 35°47′N 0°26′W / 35.783°N 0.433°W / 35.783; -0.433

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