Wechiau
Wechiau is a small town and is the capital of Wa West district, a district in the Upper West Region of north Ghana adjacent to the border with Burkina Faso. Wechiau has a stretch of the Black Volta and this is the home to a wild population of Hippopotamus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Wechiau
- Type: Town
- Description: town in Ghana
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Wa West District, Upper West Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
9.82957° or 9° 49′ 47″ northLongitude
-2.68244° or 2° 40′ 57″ westElevation
264 metres (866 feet)Open location code
6CXVR8H9+R2OpenStreetMap ID
node 1824160857OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Wechiau” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Wechiau”
- Irish: “Wechiau”
- Southern Dagaare: “Wechiau”
- Swedish: “Wechiau”
- Turkish: “Wechiau”
- “Wechiau”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hippo Sactuary community center (tourist center) and Wechau Post Office.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wechiau”. Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.