Kanel Department

Kanel Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, located in the Matam Region in the east of the country.

The department has six communes; Kanel, Semmé, Waounde, Dembakané, Hamady Ounaré and Sinthiou Bamambé-Banadji

The rural districts (Communautés rurales) comprise:
 * Arrondissement of Orkadiere:
 * Aouré
 * Bokiladji
 * Orkadiere
 * Arrondissement of Wouro Sidy:
 * Wouro Sidy
 * Ndendory

==Historic sites ==
 * Mausoleum of Cheikh Moussa Kamara at Ganguel
 * The mosque of Kobilo
 * The mosque of Séno Palel
 * Mausoleum of Abdel Kader Kane