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.

04-06-01, s. 2006, declaring certain shrines, houses, buildings, monuments, markers and other areas as cultural properties of the municipality.

Barili has its established Mantalongon Livestock Market[19] where you can buy live animals which collectively come from Southern parts of Cebu and even from Negros Province.

[21] Mantayupan Falls are located close to the eastern end of the Carcar—Barili Road where it connects to the national highway.

However, qualified voters in Mandaue are allowed to vote in elections for Cebu provincial officials by virtue of Republic Act No.