El Ali ( so, Ceel Cali, ar, عيل علي, ʿAyl ʿAliyy) is a District in the central
Hiran region of
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
. El Ali has a population of around 500'000 inhabitants. The broader El Ali District has a total population of 543,345 residents. El Ali means (Ali's well).
99% of El-Ali's residents belong to the Galje'el Subclan of Dirisame.
History
The
El Ali meteorite was identified by Kureym Mining and Rocks Company's staff in 2020 and trucked towards
Mogadishu
Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port ...
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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
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Location
It is situated 75 km south west of Beledweyne, the capital of the Hiiraan region.
Demographics
El Ali is predominantly inhabited by people from the Somali ethnic group, with the Dirisame Subclan of the main Gaaljecel clan especially well represented.
References
Ceel Cali, Hiiraan Somalia
Populated places in Hiran, Somalia
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