The site of Abila is indicated by ruins of a temple, aqueducts, and other remains, and inscriptions. These are on the banks of the river Barada at Suk Wadi Barada, a village called by early Arab geographers Abil-es-Suk, between Baalbek (Heliopolis) and Damascus, 38 miles from the former and 18 from the latter. Though the names Abel and Abila differ in derivation and in meaning, their similarity has given rise to the tradition that this was the place of Abel's burial.

Abila was also a city in Perea, now Abil-ez-Zeit.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), and an old 1911 Encyclopedia

Abilene is also the name of several places in the United States of America:

• Abilene, Kansas
• Abilene, Texas