Kanem may refer to: Kanem (historical region) Kanem–Bornu Empire, which ruled Kanem in the 8th–14th centuries Kanem Prefecture, of former prefectures of Chad Kanem Region, a region of Chad created in 2002 from the former Prefecture of Kanem Kanem Department, one of three departments which make up the Kanem Region in Chad Kanem, a historic Chinese county which is now part of the Dongfang City in Hainan Province, China