[1] The name of the district originates from Manacusse, a Tchaka chief, who moved here after some conflict in his native area, currently in South Africa.

[1] The town of Manhiça is notable for the research center CISM (Centro de Investigacao em Saude em Manhica) and the Manhiça District Hospital, both institutions work closely together.

In the district, there are 28,000 farms which have on average 1.2 hectares (0.0046 sq mi) of land.

The main agricultural products are corn, cassava, cowpea, peanut, and sweet potato.

[1] There is a road network in the district of the total length of about 200 kilometres (120 mi), which includes a stretch of the national road EN1, running from Maputo along the coast to the north of Mozambique.