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Kanem Region

region of Chad

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Country: Chad
Regional capital: Mao
Governor: Ngamai Djari (2008)
Total: 354,603
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( WAT )

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14°07′10″N 15°18′48″E / 14.1194°N 15.3133°E / 14.1194; 15.3133

Kanem (Arabic: كانم) is one of the 23 regions of Chad. It is named after the famous Kanem Empire, which was centred in this vicinity. The region's capital is Mao. It was created in 2002 from the former prefecture of Kanem. In 2008, a portion of the Kanem region (the Bahr el Gazel Department) was split off to become the new Bahr el Gazel Region.