Dammaj
Dammaj 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 creed, who made up the majority of the town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 15,600 residents
- Description: village in Saada Governorate, Yemen
- Also known as: “Al Khilal”, “Damāj”, “Damāj, Dammāj, Damaj, Dammaj”, and “Dimāj”
Dammaj
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: As Safra, Saada Governorate, Yemen, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
16.88758° or 16° 53′ 15″ northLongitude
43.81263° or 43° 48′ 46″ eastPopulation
15,600Elevation
1,896 metres (6,220 feet)Open location code
7H85VRQ7+23OpenStreetMap ID
node 1219283945OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
406649Wikidata ID
Q3012928
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