Official Name: | Gwollu |
Other Name: | Gwolu |
Settlement Type: | District Capital |
Pushpin Map: | Ghana |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Gwollu in Upper West region |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ghana |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Upper West Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Sissala West District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 4,854 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | UTC |
Utc Offset: | 0 |
Coordinates: | 10.9811°N -2.2211°W |
Elevation M: | 363 |
Gwollu is a small town and is the capital of Sissala West district, a district in the Upper West Region of north Ghana.[1] Hilla Limann, a former Ghanaian president was born and raised here.
The town contains several tourist attractions such as the tomb of Ghana's president Dr. Hilla Limann,[2] a traditional bone setter's center and a slave defense wall.[3] The wall was built in the 19th century as a double circle by Gwollu Koro Limann as a defense against slave raiders.[4]