The town has 11,297 inhabitants[citation needed] 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.