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'''Teshie''' is a coastal town in the Ledzokuku Municipal District, a district in the Greater Accra Region<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-20|title=Load shedding time-table released for other parts of Accra|url=https://citinewsroom.com/2021/05/load-shedding-time-table-released-for-other-parts-of-accra/|access-date=2021-05-20|website=Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana|language=en-US}}</ref> of southeastern [[Earth:Ghana|Ghana]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lekma.gov.gh/|title=Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly – Official Website of Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref>  Teshie is the ninth most populous settlement in Ghana, with a population of 171,875 people.<ref name="World Gazetteer"/>

== Politics ==
Teshie is in the '''Ledzokuku constituency''' led by Hon. Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, a member of the New Patriotic Party,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/politics/mp-for-ledzokuku-supports-constituents.html|title=MP for Ledzokuku supports constituents|last=122108447901948|date=2019-06-29|website=Graphic Online|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref> who succeeded Hon. Benita Sena Okity-Duah of the National Democratic Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/950395/ndc-primaries-benita-sena-okity-duah-leads-fomer.html|title=NDC Primaries: Benita Sena Okity-Duah Leads Fomer[sic] Independent Candiadate[sic] In Ledzokuku|website=Modern Ghana|language=en|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref>

== Traditions ==
[[File:The National Archives UK - CO 1069-34-50 1 001.jpg|thumb|left|The ruines of ''Fort Augustaborg'' in Teshie around 1890]]

Teshie is one of the independent towns of the Ga State, every August, the town celebrates the Homowo festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://visitghana.com/attractions/homowo-festival/|title=Homowo Festival|website=Visit Ghana|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref><ref name="History of Teshie Fort" /> It is believed that the original Teshie people came from La, a town that lies to the west of Teshie.

Fort Augustaborg, built by the Danes in 1787, is located in Teshie and was occupied by the British from 1850 to 1957. It is believed that Teshie is 300 years old as of 2011.<ref name="History of Teshie Fort">{{cite web |url=http://ghana-net.com/HISTORY_of_Fort_Teshie_ghana.aspx |title=History of Teshie Fort Ghana)|publisher=Ghana-net.com}}</ref>

The town is rich in diversity as a result of the country's current democracy and development program.

Teshie stretches from the Kpeshie Lagoon to Teshie-Nungua Estates (first junction) from East to West on the Teshie Road. Teshie has grown enormously to become one of the biggest towns in Ghana.
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==Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop==

The town of Teshie is also known as the home of design coffins, invented in the 1950s by Seth Kane Kwei<ref>Seth Kane Kwei in: The buried treasures of the Ga. Coffin Art in Ghana. Regula Tschumi. Benteli Bern. 2008. p. 114-121, 228–229</ref> and still made in the Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop (run by Eric Adjetey Anang) and by several other artists.<ref>Daniel Mensah ("Hello") in: The buried treasures of the Ga. Coffin Art in Ghana. Regula Tschumi. Benteli Bern. 2008. p. 123, 229</ref>

==Labadi Beach==
The Labadi Beach, or more properly known as La Pleasure Beach, is near Teshie. The beach is the busiest beach on Ghana's coast. It is one of Greater Accra Region's few beaches and is maintained by the local hotels.

==Schools==

=== Tertiary ===
* Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Teshie<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nmtcteshie.edu.gh/sm/nmtc/about/|title=About NMTC Teshie|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref>
* Family Health University College, Nursing & Midwifery School<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fhu.edu.gh/nursing-school/|title=Nursing & Midwifery School – Family Health University College|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref>
* Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kaiptc.org/|title=KAIPTC|website=KAIPTC|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref>
* Ghana Military Academy Training School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gna.org.gh/home|title=Ghana News Agency|website=www.gna.org.gh}}</ref>

=== Secondary ===
* Presbyterian Senior High School, Teshie<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://africaschoolsonline.com/user/|title=User|date=2017-06-07|website=Africa Schools Online|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref>
* Teshie Technical Training Centre<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/local/education/201407/206984.php|title=Government supports Teshie Technical Training Centre|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}</ref>

=== Basic ===
* Teshie LEKMA Schools
* Teshie Dar-es-Salaam Primary 'A' School
* Wajir Barracks Schools
* Trinity Junior High School
* Teshie Dar-es-Salaam  Schools
* Teshie Anglican Schools
* Field Engineer Schools
* Teshie  Methodist Basic Schools
* Teshie Roman Catholic School,
* Teshie Presbyterian Schools.<ref>[http://www.ghanaschoolsonline.com/intermediate/shs.cfm?levelID=2 Schools in Ghana] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325210700/http://www.ghanaschoolsonline.com/intermediate/shs.cfm?levelID=2 |date=25 March 2012 }}. ghanaschoolsonline.com.</ref>
*Lincoln International  School
* Sap's School
* Ford School
* Unique Child School

There are also a number of privately run schools, notable among them are God's Way Preparatory School, Teshie St. John Schools, Sunrise Preparatory & JHS, Nanna Mission Academy, Ford Schools Ltd<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.coursesghana.com/schools/schools-by-location/teshie|title=Schools in Teshie|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}</ref>

==Transport==

===Road===
[[File:Course cycliste organisée à Teshie lors du festival Homowo 2009.jpg|thumb|Cycling competition in Teshie during [[Homowo|Homowo Festival]] 2009]]

The widening of the dual carriage way from OTU Barracks to First Junction was in the late 1970s.<ref name="External Influences on Ga Society and Culture">
Irene Odote. [http://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/African%20Journals/pdfs/Institue%20of%20African%20Studies%20Research%20Review/1991v7n1&2/asrv007001&2007.pdf External Influences on Ga Society and Culture]. archive.lib.msu.edu.</ref>

===Train===
Teshie is served by a station of the eastern section of the national railway system.

== Food ==
* Railway stations in Ghana

== Publications ==
* 2013 Master of Coffins'' – 26 minutes documentary about artist Eric Adjetey Anang, by Luis Nachbin / Matrioska Films for GloboTV (Brasil)
* 2008 ''The Buried Treasures of the Ga: Coffin Art in Ghana.'' Regula Tschumi. Benteli, Bern. {{ISBN|978-3-7165-1520-4}}

== International exhibitions ==
* 2011/12.Sainsbury Centre of Visual Arts, Griff Rhys Jones' ''Ghanaian 'fantasy coffin'''
* 2011/12. ''Miracles of Africa'', Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna and Oulu Museum of Art, Oulu, Finland.

== References ==
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