Inhassoro

Inhassoro is a small fishing port in Inhassoro District of Inhambane Province in Mozambique. The town has 11,297 inhabitants^{[citation needed]} and is located on the Indian Ocean coast along the EN1 highway.^[1]

Inhassoro
Sunset at Inhassoro, Mozambique
Inhassoro
Coordinates: 21°32′S 35°12′E
Country	Mozambique
Provinces	Inhambane Province
District	Inhassoro District
Population  (2007 census)
• Total	11,297

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.