Damaj

Dammaj دماج
Village
Dar Al-Hadeeth in Dammaj
Dammaj Location in Yemen
Coordinates: 16°53′28.86″N 43°47′55.53″E / 16.8913500°N 43.7987583°E / 16.8913500; 43.7987583Coordinates: 16°53′28.86″N 43°47′55.53″E / 16.8913500°N 43.7987583°E / 16.8913500; 43.7987583
Country	Yemen
Administrative division	Sa'dah Governorate
Government
• Type	Local
Population (2007)
• Total	15,626
Time zone	GMT+3
Climate	BWh

Dammaj (Arabic: دماج‎) is a small town in the Sa'dah Governorate of north-western Yemen, southeast by road from Sa'dah in a valley of the same name.

Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i established the Madrasah Dar al-Hadith in Dammaj in 1979, an important center of learning for followers of the Salafi sect. In 2014 the non-local Salafis, including all of the students there, were evicted.

The town was at the epicenter of the Siege of Dammaj, and in November 2013, further sectarian violence between militants of the Houthi-led Shia movement and Salafists erupted in the town, creating many casualties; some 50 had been killed by the start of the second week. In one incident in late November a mine exploded as a military vehicle was passing by, killing two Yemeni soldiers.