Inharrime District is a
district
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of
Inhambane Province in southeastern
Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
. Its principal town is
Inharrime. The district is located at the south of the province, and borders with
Panda
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and
Homoine Districts in the north,
Jangamo District in the northwest,
Zavala District in the south, and with
Manjacaze District of
Gaza Province in west. In the east, the district is bounded by the Indian Ocean. The area of the district is .
It has a population of 97.471 as of 2007.
Geography
![Inharrime](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Inharrime.jpg)
The district is elongated from west to east, between the western border of the province and the ocean. The principal rivers in the district are the
Inharime River, the
Nhanitande River, the
Nhaliuaue River, and the
Inhassune River. There are multiple lakes as well.
The climate is tropical semi-arid in the interior and tropical humid at the coast. The annual rainfall at the coast is around , and in the interior it varies between and .
History
The name "Inharyni" was recorded by
Vasco da Gama during his 1498 Indian expedition; it is not entirely clear whether this is identical to Inharrime, which appears much later in the colonial documents. In 1815, the Portuguese colonial administration was established in Nhamiba, currently Inharrime. Later it was moved to the current location.
Administrative divisions
The district is divided into two
postos,
Inharrime (three localities) and
Mocumbi (two localities).
Demographics
As of 2005, 45% of the population of the district was younger than 15 years. The most common mothertongue among the population was
Chopi Chopi may refer to:
* Chopi people, an ethnic group of Mozambique
* Chopi language, a Bantu language spoken along the southern coast of Mozambique
* Chopi blackbird (''Gnorimopsar chopi''), a bird of family Icteridae
* A spice made from ''Zanthoxy ...
. 44% were
analphabetic, mostly women.
Economy
About 1% of the households in the district have access to electricity.
Agriculture
In the district, there are 18,000 farms which have on average of land. The main agricultural products are corn,
cassava
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,
cowpea
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, peanut, cotton, and sugar cane.
Transportation
There is a road network in the district which includes a stretch of the national road EN1, crossing the eastern part of the district.
References
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Districts in Inhambane Province