  In this paper, we consider the Cauchy problem for the semilinear damped wave
equation on the Heisenberg group with power nonlinearity. We prove that the
critical exponent is the Fujita exponent $p_{\mathrm{Fuj}}(\mathscr{Q}) = 1+2 /
\mathscr{Q}$, where $\mathscr{Q}$ is the homogeneous dimension of the
Heisenberg group. On the one hand, we will prove the global existence of small
data solutions for $p >p_{\mathrm{Fuj}}(\mathscr{Q})$ in an exponential
weighted energy space. On the other hand, a blow-up result for $1 < p \leq
p_{\mathrm{Fuj}}(\mathscr{Q})$ under certain integral sign assumptions for the
Cauchy data by using the test function method.
