page_title: Inhassoro District
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Inhassoro District / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: A small bay, roughly 2 kilometres north of the southern end of Ilha Bazaruto. An old barrier reef has surfaced and trapped sand, building a place to grow for a young mangrove forest.
context_page_description: Inhassoro District is a district of Inhambane Province in south-east Mozambique. The district is located at the northeast of the province, and borders with Govuro District in the north, Vilanculos District in the southeast, Massinga District in the south, Funhalouro District in the southwest, and with Mabote District in the west. In the east, the district is bounded by the Indian Ocean. The area of the district is 4,480 square kilometres. It has a population of 48,537 as of 2007.
context_section_description: The islands, part of the Bazaruto Archipelago, occupy the area of 35.5 square kilometres (13.7 sq mi). The archipelago consists of six islands, four of which, Bazaruto, Benguerra, Magaruque, and Santa Carolina, belong to Inhassoro District. Bazaruto National Park is located on the archipelago and serves as a location of popular high-end sea resorts. 
  The Govuro River is the biggest and the only significant river in the district.
  The climate is tropical arid in the interior of the district and tropical humid at the coast. The annual rainfall at the coast achieves 1,500 millimetres (59 in), mainly falling in February and March.
caption: The coast of Bazaruto Island
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