Damaturu birni ne, da ke a jihar Yobe, a ƙasar Najeriya. Shi ne babban birnin jihar Yobe. Bisa ga ƙidayar jama'a a shekarar 2006, jimilar mutane 88,014 ne. Damaturi ta fara wanzuwa a matsayin yankin mulkin mallaka na turawa daga lokacinda turawa suka ciro ta daga yankin gundamar Alagarno . Hakan ya sa turawa sun yaka masarautar Borno a shekara ta 1902 a karkashin jagorancin Colonel Thomas Morland. Kungiyar boko haram ta kai hare-hare da dama acikin birnin don kafa Khalifanci a Damaturu dake arewa-maso-gabacin Najeriya. Acikin watan Nuwamba shekara ta 2011, sun kashe mutane sama da dari a hare-haren da suka kai. Acikin watan December 2011, sun tada boma-bomai har sau biyu Acikin Juni, shekara ta 2012, 'yan ta'adda guda hamsin sun fasa gidan yari, mutum arba'in suka guda daga gidan yarin, aka kashe mutum takwas. A watan June 2012, wasu yan bindiga dadi sun shiga wata makaranta sun kashe mutum sha uku cikin harda dalibai da malamai. A October 2013, 'yan bindiga dadi sunyi bata kashi mai tsawo da ma'aikata inda suka fasa wani asibiti.