| En Name: | Shali |
| Ru Name: | Шали |
| Loc Name1: | Шела |
| Loc Lang1: | Chechen |
| Coordinates: | 43.15°N 99°W |
| Map Label Position: | bottom |
| Federal Subject: | Chechen Republic |
| Adm District Jur: | Shalinsky District |
| Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Shali |
| Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town administration |
| Adm Ctr Of1: | Shalinsky District |
| Adm Ctr Of2: | Shali Town Administration |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Mun District Jur: | Shalinsky Municipal District |
| Urban Settlement Jur: | Shalinskoye Urban Settlement |
| Mun Admctr Of1: | Shalinsky Municipal District |
| Mun Admctr Of2: | Shalinskoye Urban Settlement |
| Pop 2010Census: | 47708 |
Shali (Russian: Шали́; Chechen: Шела, Şela) is a town and the administrative center of Shalinsky District of the Chechen Republic, Russia. Population:
Sheikh Mansur was based here in 1786.
See main article: 1995 Shali cluster bomb attack.
On January 3, 1995, during the course of the First Chechen War, Shali was repeatedly bombed with cluster bombs by Russian jet aircraft.[1]
War journalist Anna Politkovskaya said that on January 9 and 10, 2000, Russian forces killed more than 200 civilians by a missile and mortar shelling in Shali.[2]
Shali has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfa).
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shali serves as the administrative center of Shalinsky District.[3] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Shalinsky District as Shali Town Administration. As a municipal division, Shali Town Administration is incorporated within Shalinsky Municipal District as Shalinskoye Urban Settlement.[4]