| Official Name: | El Ali |
| Native Name: | |
| Settlement Type: | district |
| Pushpin Map: | Somalia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Somalia. |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Somalia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hiran |
| Subdivision Type2: | [Hirshabelle] |
| Subdivision Name2: | [Somalia] |
| Government Footnotes: | Khalif idiris ordaye |
| Government Type: | Ibrahin Xaji yarow (Dagodiyow |
| Established Title: | Hirshabelle state |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Timezone: | EAT |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 4.2°N 44.9833°W |
| Blank Name: | CEELCALI |
El Ali (Somali: Ceel Cali, Arabic: عيل علي|ʿAyl ʿAliyy) is a District in the central Hiran region of Somalia. El Ali has a population of around 570,000 inhabitants. The broader El Ali District has a total population of 853,345 residents. El Ali means (Ali's well). El-Ali's residents belong to the Gaaljecel Subclan 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. 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 Subclan of the main Gaaljecel clan especially well represented.