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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.

Liaoyang County, which belongs to Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province, is one of the open counties in Liaodong Peninsula. It is located in the middle of Liaodong Peninsula, with a total area of 2511 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 15 townships (12 towns, 1 township and 2 nationality townships) and 199 villages with a population of 500000. Liaoyang County has a temperate continental monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of 7.1-9.5 ℃ and an average annual precipitation of 730.6 mm. It belongs to national commercial grain base county and provincial commercial fish base county. Mineral deposits include oil, copper, iron, lead, placer gold, silica, rare earth and so on. Changchun-Dalian (Lian) railway and Shen-Da highway transit. In 2010, the GDP of Liaoyang County reached 20.52 billion yuan. The main scenic spots are Huhuogou Natural Scenic spot, Bahui Tongming Mountain Scenic spot and Xiaotun Wild Cat Cave Scenic spot.
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