title: Wechiau
text: # 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.
  
  ## Tourism
  
  * Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary.
  