Caesarea is a town in Israel which has grown out of the historical Caesarea Maritima city (which is today on the outskirts of the new coastal city). It is located mid-way between Tel Aviv (45km) and Haifa, on the Israeli Mediterranean coast near the city of Hadera. Modern Caesarea, with a population of 4,200 people, is the only Israeli locality managed by a private organization, the Caesarea Development Corporation; it is organised as a communal settlement, although not as a kibbutz or moshav.