Official Name: | Inhassoro |
Pushpin Map: | Mozambique |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 240 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Provinces |
Subdivision Name1: | Inhambane Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Inhassoro District |
Population As Of: | 2007 census |
Population Total: | 11,297 |
Coordinates: | -21.5333°N 47°W |
Inhassoro is a small fishing port in Inhassoro District of Inhambane Province in Mozambique. The town has 11,297 inhabitants and is located on the Indian Ocean coast along the EN1 highway.[1]
Inhassoro, which looks out at Bazaruto and Santa Carolina or Paradise Island is a developing tourist town.[2] The population of Inhassoro is growing steadily as a result of the increase in tourism. Several old hotels date back to colonial times.[3]
The bay off Inhassaro is popular with scuba divers with the reefs and the area is a seasonal home to many species of dolphin, turtle, the rare and endangered dugong or sea cow, whale sharks, manta rays and humpback whales.