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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.

Jingchuan County, which belongs to Pingliang City, Gansu Province, is located at the junction of Qinlong in the middle of the Loess Plateau, longitude 107 °15 "107 °45" east, latitude 35 °11 "35 °31" north. It is bordered by Ning County and Changwu County in Shaanxi Province in the east, Chongxin County and Kongtong District in the west, Lingtai County in the south and Zhenyuan County in the north. It is 57 kilometers from east to west and 36 kilometers from north to south, with a total area of 1409.3 square kilometers (2012). With a population of 283200 (2013), the GDP of Jingchuan County reached 4.553 billion yuan in 2013. Jingchuan County, the best suitable area for high-quality apples in the country, occupies the backbone of the ancient Silk Road and is the hinterland of Chinese civilization. Since ancient times, it has been the first important town from Changan to the western region. The famous scenic spots include Huishan Queen Mother Palace, Yaochi, Queen Mother Palace Grottoes and so on.
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