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Louisville (/ˈluːivɪl/ (listen) LOO-ee-vil, US: /ˈluːɪvɪl/ (listen) LOO-ə-vəl, locally /ˈlʊvɪl/ (listen) LUUV-əl) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States.[a] Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border.

Named after King Louis XVI of France, Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark, making it one of the oldest cities west of the Appalachians. With nearby Falls of the Ohio as the only major obstruction to river traffic between the upper Ohio River and the Gulf of Mexico, the settlement first grew as a portage site. It was the founding city of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, which grew into a 6,000-mile (9,700 km) system across 13 states.

Today, the city is known as the home of boxer Muhammad Ali, the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Fried Chicken, the University of Louisville and its Cardinals, Louisville Slugger baseball bats, and three of Kentucky's six Fortune 500 companies: Humana, Kindred Healthcare, and Yum! Brands. Muhammad Ali International Airport, Louisville's main commercial airport, hosts UPS's worldwide hub.

Altay was the pastoral land of Chinese ethnic minorities in ancient times. According to historical records, the tribes who lived here in the Qin Dynasty were Sai people who moved from the Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province. Since the Western Han Dynasty, successive central governments have set up administrative organs here. "Altay" is Turkic, meaning "Jinshan". It gets its name because of the gold in the mountains. It is said that there are 72 ditches in the Altai Mountains. The Ertix River in Altay is the only river in China that flows into the Arctic Ocean. The Brento Sea, which is located in Fuhai County, covers an area of 100000 hectares and is rich in more than 10 kinds of fish, known as the "fishing hometown of the North". Altay mountains and rivers are magnificent and colorful, with unique natural scenery, the main scenic spots are Kanas Lake Nature Reserve, Burgen River Beaver Nature Reserve, Butterfly ditch and so on.
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