The district is said to be home to the oldest surviving European building in the Southern Hemisphere, the church of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios in the village of Cabaceira.
The beaches of Chocas Mar, at the far tip of the district, are also a popular tourist attraction.
Houses in this district are mostly built of local materials such as mud and grass cover, and were greatly impacted by Tropical Cyclone Gombe.
In the 2017 Census, Mossuril District was reported to have a population of 174,641 residents (male: 90,095; female: 84,546).
The district is divided into three administrative posts (Lunga, Matibane and Mossuril ), made up of the following localities: