El Ali Degmada Ceel Cali | |
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  El Ali Location in Somalia. | |
| Coordinates: 4°12′0″N44°59′0″E / 4.20000°N 44.98333°E | |
| Country |  Somalia |
| Region | Hiran |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
El Ali (Somali : Degmada Ceel Cali) is a district in the central Hiran region of Somalia. El Ali has a population of around 120,000 inhabitants. The broader El Ali District has a total population of 543,345 residents. El Ali means (Ali's well). El-Ali's residents largely belong to the Galje'el (or Gaaljecel) sub-clan of Dirisame.
The El Ali meteorite was identified by Kureym Mining and Rocks Company's staff in 2020 and trucked towards Mogadishu. [1] Prior to that, the rock had been celebrated for between five and seven generations, featuring in songs, folklore, dances, and poems. [1] In 2022, the mineral elaliite was named after El Ali after being identified in the meteorite by scientists at the University of Alberta. [2]
It is situated 75 km south west of Beledweyne, the capital of the Hiiraan region.
El Ali is predominantly inhabited by people from the Somali ethnic group, with the Dirisame sub-clan of the main Gaaljecel clan especially well represented.