The only clue to its position is that afforded by Herodotus, who calls it a city above Gela, by which he must mean further inland. Cluverius conjectures that it may have occupied the site of Butera, a town on a hill about 13 km inland from Gela, (Cluver.
The position of the city is indicated by Herodotus' description of it as being situated above Gela, implying that it lies at a greater distance from the coast. Cluverius proposes that this city may have occupied the site of Butera, a hilltop town located inland from Gela.