[2] The district is elongated from west to east, between the western border of the province and the ocean.

[1] 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.

[1] In the district, there are 18,000 farms which have on average 2.5 hectares (0.0097 sq mi) of land.

The main agricultural products are corn, cassava, cowpea, peanut, cotton, and sugar cane.