Barili, Cebu

Barili
Municipality
Map of Cebu showing the location of Barili
Barili Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°06′44″N 123°30′37″E / 10.11222°N 123.51028°E / 10.11222; 123.51028Coordinates: 10°06′44″N 123°30′37″E / 10.11222°N 123.51028°E / 10.11222; 123.51028
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas (Region VII)
Province	Cebu
Congr. district	3rd district of Cebu
Founded	1632
Barangays	42
Government[1]
• Mayor	Teresito P. Marinas
Area[2]
• Total	122.21 km2 (47.19 sq mi)
Population (2010)[3]
• Total	65,524
• Density	540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	6036
Dialing code	32
Income class	3rd class town; partially urban

Barili is a third class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 65,524 people.^[3] Barili is located 61 kilometres (38 mi) southwest of Cebu City. It is bounded on the south by the municipality of Dumanjug; on the north by the municipality of Aloguinsan; on the east by the municipalities of Carcar and Sibonga; and on the west by the Tañon Strait. It is home to its main tourist attraction, the Mantayupan Falls.

Barangays

Barili is administratively subdivided into 42 barangays:^[2]

History

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 planted by Spaniards led by Captain Juan Juarado at their arrival at 1502, and still exists today.

Demographics

The population in 1903 was 31,617 persons.^[4]

Economy

Mantayupan Falls, Barili

The economic output of Barili is mainly rice, maize, bananas, vegetables and coconuts.

List of former mayors

Capitanes Municipales (Spanish Times)

1. Jose Aguilar
2. Agustin Paras
3. Emerenciano Carreon
4. Gerardo Aguilar
5. Pollcarpio Paras
6. Romualdo Trinidad
7. Pedro Jurado
8. Hipolito Paras
9. Ambrosio Alquizalas
10. Aniceto Paras
11. Tiburcio Paras
12. Francisco Cabaton
13. Felix Paras
14. Raymundo Aguilar
15. Tobias Vergara
16. Lazaro Abad
17. Leon Vergara
18. Jacinto Alquizola
19. Carlos Alquizola
20. Claro Causin(g) - Became a representative of the sixth district of Cebu at the First Philippine Assembly in 1907.
21. Ciriaco Paras
22. Hilarion Alquizola
23. Procopio Paras
24. Natalio Abad
25. Mariano Fajardo

Capitan Municipal (Revolutionary Period)

1. Mariano Fajardo

Presidentes Municipales (American Regime)

1. Mariano Fajardo
2. Cloudualdo Rocamora
3. Hilarion Alquizola
4. Domingo Alcoseba
5. Hilarion Buhay Pineda
6. Bartolome Pañares
7. Regino Barcenilla
8. Miguel Abad
9. Tomas Estrada
10. Maximo Aguilar
11. Isidro Abad
12. Tomas Delgado
13. Justino Causin
14. Vicente Gonzales

Presidente Municipal (Japanese Occupation)

1. Justino Causin

Presidente Municipal (since World War II)

1. Vicente Vergara
2. Jose Paras
3. Justino Causin
4. Alfonso Ch. Veloso
5. Jose Paras
6. Librada L. Pace
7. Antonio Zosa
8. Antonio Villaflor
9. Jose Estrada
10. Librada L. Pace
11. Sergio Antonio V. Paras, Jr.
12. Robert V. Alquizola
13. Teresito P. Mariñas

References

External links

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Barili.

• The Official Website of the Municipality of Barili
• Barilinians Find Discussion website
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information

		Aloguinsan	Carcar
	Tañon Strait
	Barili
		Dumanjug	Sibonga

v t e Province of Cebu Municipalities Alcantara Alcoy Alegria Aloguinsan Argao Asturias Badian Balamban Bantayan Barili Boljoon Borbon Carmen Catmon Compostela Consolacion Cordova Daanbantayan Dalaguete Dumanjug Ginatilan Liloan Madridejos Malabuyoc Medellin Minglanilla Moalboal Oslob Pilar Pinamungahan Poro Ronda Samboan San Fernando San Francisco San Remigio Santa Fe Santander Sibonga Sogod Tabogon Tabuelan Tuburan Tudela Component cities Bogo Carcar Danao Naga Talisay Toledo Highly urbanized cities Cebu Lapu-Lapu Mandaue (Except Mandaue City, all are administratively independent from the province, but grouped under Cebu by the National Statistics Office)