Official Name: | Weta (Ʋeta) |
Pushpin Map: | Ghana |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Wheta in Volta Region, Ghana |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ghana |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Volta Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Ketu North Municipal |
Coordinates: | 6.0833°N 0.9667°W |
Weta (or Ʋeta) is a town in Ghana in the Volta Region. Weta (Ʋeta) is the place of birth of the Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor,[1] [2] who died in the Westgate shopping mall shooting in Nairobi on 21 September 2013.