| Official Name: | Wechiau |
| Settlement Type: | District Capital |
| Pushpin Map: | Ghana |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Wechiau in Upper West region |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Ghana |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Upper West Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Wa West District |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2013 |
| Population Total: | — |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 9.8333°N -43°W |
| Elevation M: | 253 |
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.[1] Wechiau has a stretch of the Black Volta and this is the home to a wild population of Hippopotamus.