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.

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