Ad-Damazin transit center, housing 14,431 displaced Sudanese, is also located in Sherkole.
[1] One of the highest points in Sherkole is Mount Abu Ranab, a lone peak that rises near the Abay River.
[2] Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 18,558, of whom 9,066 are men and 9,492 are women.
The majority of the inhabitants were Muslim, with 99.6% of the population reporting they professed that religion.
Concerning sanitary conditions, 1.8% of all houses had access to safe drinking water, and 2.4% had toilet facilities at the time of the census.