| Native Name: | Préfecture du Kanem |
| Conventional Long Name: | Kanem Prefecture |
| Common Name: | Kanem |
| Subdivision: | Prefecture |
| Nation: | Chad |
| Government Type: | Prefecture |
| Capital: | Mao |
| Political Subdiv: | [1]
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| Year Start: | 1960 |
| Year End: | 1999 |
| Event Start: | Established[2] |
| Date Start: | 13 February |
| Event End: | Disestablished |
| Date End: | 1 September |
| Event1: | Separation of Lac Prefecture |
| Date Event1: | 29 October 1962 |
| Era: | Cold War |
| Flag: | Flag of Chad |
| P1: | Kanem Region |
| Flag P1: | Flag of Chad.svg |
| S1: | Lac Prefecture |
| Flag S1: | Flag of Chad.svg |
| S2: | Kanem Department |
| Flag S2: | Flag of Chad.svg |
| S3: | Bahr el Gazel Department |
| Flag S3: | Flag of Chad.svg |
| Stat Year1: | 1960 |
| Stat Area1: | 150000 |
| Stat Pop1: | 215133 |
| Stat Year2: | 1993 |
| Stat Area2: | 114520 |
| Stat Pop2: | 279927 |
| Footnotes: | Area and population source: |
Kanem was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Located in the west of the country, Kanem covered an area of 114,520 square kilometers and had a population of 279,927 in 1993. Its capital was Mao.