Teshie

Teshie is a coastal town in the Ledzokuku Municipal District, a district in the of southeastern . Teshie is the ninth most populous settlement in Ghana, with a population of 171,875 people.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Town with 170,000 residents
  • Description: town in Greater Accra Region, Ghana
  • Also known as: “Tassi” and “Tesshie”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Augustaborg and Lekma Hospital.

Fort
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
was a Danish fort on the eastern Gold Coast in present-day , which was located about 15 km east of Fort Christiansborg near present-day Teshie.

Hospital
Photo: Jwale2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal Assembly Hospital is a hospital located at Teshie in . It is a government hospital.

School
The is the military academy of the Ghana Armed Forces. It offers basic military training to officer cadets from the Ghana Army, Ghana Navy and the Ghana Air Force.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nungua and Labadi.

Town
Photo: Samson Craig McArthur Sik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town in Krowor Municipal District in the of southeastern near the coast. is the eighteenth most populous settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 84,119 people. is situated 5 km northeast of Teshie.

Town
Photo: ThePipistrello, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as La, is a Peri-urban town in La Dade Kotopon Municipal District in the of . is situated 5 km southwest of Teshie.

Suburb
is the headquarters of the Ghana Armed Forces and the Ghanaian Ministry of Defence. The camp is in , . It retains notoriety and fear from previous Ghanaian military regimes, when civilians who entered the camp might not re-emerge. is situated 4½ km west of Teshie.

Teshie

Latitude
5.5822° or 5° 34′ 56″ north
Longitude
-0.1135° or 0° 6′ 49″ west
Population
170,000
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
6CQXHVJP+VH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4563121334
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2294665
Wiki­data ID
Q1062602
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Satellite Map

Discover Teshie from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Akan to Yoruba—“Teshie” goes by many names.
  • Akan: “Teshie”
  • Cebuano: “Teshi Old Town”
  • Dagbani: “Teshie”
  • Dutch: “Tassi”
  • Dutch: “Teshie”
  • Esperanto: “Teshie”
  • French: “Teshie”
  • Ga: “Teshie”
  • German: “Teshie”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Teshie”
  • Hausa: “Teshie”
  • Hebrew: “טשייה”
  • Hungarian: “Teshie”
  • Irish: “Teshie”
  • Italian: “Teshie”
  • Japanese: “テシ”
  • Polish: “Teshie”
  • Portuguese: “Teshie”
  • Romanian: “Teshie”
  • Russian: “Теши”
  • Russian: “Тещи”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Teshie”
  • Spanish: “Teshie”
  • Swahili: “Teshie”
  • Swedish: “Teshi Old Town”
  • Turkish: “Teshie”
  • Twi: “Teshie”
  • Vietnamese: “Teshie”
  • Yoruba: “Tassi”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Baptist Church and Devine Call Church.

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