Sherkole

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Sherkole is one of the 21 woredas in the Benishangul-Gumaz Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Asosa Zone, Sherkole is bordered by Menge on the south, Kormuk on the southwest, by Sudan on the northwest, by the Abay River on the northeast which separates it from the Metekel Zone, and the Dabus River on the southeast which separates it from the Kamashi Zone and Oda Godere.

Information is lacking on the towns and cities of this woreda.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 18,558, of whom 9,066 were males and 9,492 were females. With an estimated area of 3,204.22 square kilometers, Sherkole has a population density of 5.8 people per square kilometer which is less than the Zone average of 19.95.^[1]

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