What is Ādaži?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Ādaži | other_name = | settlement_type = Town | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_skyline =Adazu centrs no augsas foto Ilze Filipova.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Center of Ādaži | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Latvia}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Districts of Latvia|District]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Ādaži District]] | established_title = [[Town rights]] | established_date = 2022 | pushpin_map = Latvia | pushpin_label_position = above | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Latvia | coordinates = {{coord|57|05|N|24|19|E|region:LV|display=inline,title}} | nickname = | leader_title = Chairman of the council | leader_name = Karīna Miķelsone | website = [https://www.adazi.lv/ adazi.lv] | blank_name_sec1 = | blank_info_sec1 = | area_total_km2 = 8.8 | area_water_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | elevation_m = | population_total = 7482 | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_metro_km2 = | postal_code_type = [[Postal code]] | postal_code = LV-2164 | area_code_type = | area_code = | timezone1 = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] | utc_offset1 = +2 | timezone1_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] | utc_offset1_DST = +3 }} '''Ādaži''' ([[pronunciation]]: [[Help:IPA|[ˈaː.da.ʒi]]]) is a [[town]] in [[Latvia]] with [[town rights]] since 2022. It is the center of the [[Ādaži District]]. As of 2022, Ādaži had a [[population]] of 7,482 people. Ādaži is on small [[river]] Vējupe near river [[Gauja]]. Lake Mazais Baltezers is to south from the town. Ādaži was a small [[village]] until 1970s (with population of 303 people in 1965).<ref>Little Latvian Encyclopedia, 1967</ref> After, a new [[farming]] village was built. In 21th-century, Ādaži grew as [[cottage]] village, with some food [[factory|factories]]. A big [[military]] camp of [[NATO]] is to north from the town.<ref>[https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh