Ala or ALA may refer to:

• Ala., abbreviation of Alabama, a state in the U.S.
• Ala, Hiiu County, Estonia, a village
• Ala, Valga County, Estonia, a village
• Ala, Alappuzha, Kerala, India, a village
• Ala, Iran, a village in Semnan Province
• Ala, alternate name of Alad, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
• Ala, Trentino, Italy, a comune
• Alà dei Sardi (in Sardinian: Alà), Italy, a comune

Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th-most extensive and the 24th-most populous of the 50 United States. At , Alabama has one of the longest navigable inland waterways in the nation.