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{{Short description|Town in north-central Israel}}
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'''Caesarea''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|s|ɛ|z|ə|ˈ|r|iː|ə|,_|ˌ|s|ɛ|s|ə|ˈ|r|iː|ə|,_|ˌ|s|iː|z|ə|ˈ|r|iː|ə}}; {{lang-he|קֵיסָרְיָה}}, {{IPA-he|keiˈsaʁja|pron}}, ''Keysariya'' or ''Qesarya''), also transliterated as '''Keisarya''' or '''Qaysaria''',<ref name="AHD">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=Caesarea|title=Caesarea|website=The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language|publisher=HarperCollins|access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref> is an affluent town in north-central [[Israel]], which was named after the ancient city of [[Caesarea Maritima]] situated
Located midway between Tel Aviv and [[Haifa]] on the [[Israeli coastal plain|coastal plain]] near the city of [[Hadera]], it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. With a population of {{Israel populations|Qesaryya}},{{Israel populations|reference}} it is the only Israeli locality managed by a private organization, the Caesarea Development Corporation,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.caesarea.com/pages_e/688.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708111423/http://www.caesarea.com/pages_e/688.aspx|url-status=dead|title=About the CDC|archivedate=8 July 2011}}</ref> and also one of the most populous localities not recognized as a [[local council (Israel)|local council]].
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===Ancient Caesarea===
{{main|Caesarea Maritima}}
The modern town is named after the
===Rothschild Caesarea Foundation and Development Corporation===
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==Location and structure of modern Keisariya==
[[File:WikiAir Flight IL-13-02 1121.JPG|thumb|The town from the air]]
Modern Keisariya
Keisariya is divided into a number of residential zones, known as clusters. The most recent{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}} of these to be constructed is Cluster 13, which, like all the clusters, is given a name: in this case, "The Golf Cluster", due to its close proximity to the Caesarea Golf Course. The golf course was built upon an ancient Arab town on the site of a loosely grouped Egyptian and subsequently Greek structures, with archaeological remains.{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}} These neighborhoods are affluent, although they vary significantly in terms of average plot size.{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}}
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