Kadaga

Kadaga (also known as Ādaži-2) is a village in the Ādaži Parish of Ādaži Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, near the town of Ādaži.^[1]

The village was established across the Gauja from Ādaži during the Soviet occupation of Latvia as a military townlet for Soviet soldiers stationed at the Ādaži Training Area [lv]. Today, the main complex of the training area – the Ādaži Military Base – is located within Kadaga, and various modern civilian housing projects have been built in the village as well. A beach is situated on the shores of Kadaga Lake.

The population in 2021 was 2,230 and its area is 15.28 km² (5.90 sq mi).^[2] It is also located in the historical region of Vidzeme and the Riga Planning Region.