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Barili, officially the Municipality of Barili (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Barili; Tagalog: Bayan ng Barili), is a municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 82,427 people.
The word barili comes from the name of a local grass called balili. The municipality was founded in 1632, though the parish of Barili was established in 1614. A cross was erected by conquistadores on their arrival at 1602, and still exists today. The 1818 census showed the tributes representing 1,943 native families and 14 Spanish-Filipino families.
It was in Barili that the Japanese forces captured Chief Justice José Abad Santos while on his way to Toledo as his escape route to Negros.
In 2006, the town became the first municipality in Cebu province to give protections to its heritage sites through Municipal Ordinance No. 04-06-01, s. 2006, declaring certain shrines, houses, buildings, monuments, markers and other areas as cultural properties of the municipality.
The town is situated on the Balili river, about two miles from its mouth.
Barili is bordered to the north by the town of Aloguinsan, to the west is the Tañon Strait, to the east is the city of Carcar and the town of Sibonga, and to the south is the town of Dumanjug. It is 116 kilometres (72 mi) from Cebu City.
Barili is politically subdivided into 42 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Poverty incidence of Barili (%)
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70
2000 61.02
2003 38.78
2006 51.30
2009 40.69
2012 26.44
2015 30.43
2018 23.50
2021 38.18
2023 27.07
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority
Barili is an agricultural town, and its economic output is more on food security. Farming and animal husbandry are the main livelihood of people residing in the town. They focus on rice and corn farming, animal husbandry such as hog, cattle and poultry, fruit farming and even vegetable gardening. Barili has its established Mantalongon Livestock Market where you can buy live animals which collectively come from Southern parts of Cebu and even from Negros Province. Barili is also known for its Japitan Fish Port. located in Barangay Japitan, 4–5 km away from its public market. Barangay Guiwanon of the same town is known for production of hand-weaved 'native hats made from leaves of the buri tree and other weaved native products.
Mantayupan Falls are located close to the eastern end of the Carcar—Barili Road where it connects to the national highway. The falls are approximately 61 metres (200 ft) high but do not have a direct descent. Pools at various heights flow into the basin. The waterfall is one of three main tourist attractions in the interior barangays of Barili.
The public schools in the town of Barili are administered by two school districts under the Schools Division of Cebu Province.
Elementary schools:
High schools:
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