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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.

Keping County, in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty, Keping was called Keping by the Han nationality and Ke'erping in Uygur language. It was not until 1903 when Fenfangxian was established as Keping, and it has been used ever since. Keping, which is said to mean "flood" or "Diwo Zi". Keping County is located in southern Xinjiang, the westernmost end of Aksu area, the southern foot of Altag Mountains, a branch of Tianshan Mountains, and the northern margin of Tarim Basin. The total area of the county is 12047 square kilometers, of which the mountain area is 6393 square kilometers, accounting for 53% of the total area of the county. The county has jurisdiction over one town and four townships, with a total population of 49000 in 2013. In 2012, the GDP of Keping County reached 672 million yuan, an increase of 21.8% over the same period in 2011.
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