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