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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.

Loudi is an important prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province, located in the center of Hunan Geography, the permanent host of Hunan Expo, an important industrial city of Hunan, Hunan energy, regional circulation node city, and strategic reserve base of raw materials. it is an important part of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan urban agglomeration, and is known as the "Pearl of Central Hunan". It has jurisdiction over 3 counties and 2 cities, including Louxing District, Lengshuijiang City, Lianyuan City, Shuangfeng County and Xinhua County, with a total area of 8117 square kilometers. According to legend, among the 28 stars in the sky, "Lou Xing" and "Luo Xing" reflect each other here, hence the name. Loudi is the hometown of Chiyou, one of the three ancestors of the Chinese nation who is respected by later generations as the "god of war". It is one of the main birthplaces of Huxiang culture, including Meishan Dragon Palace, Zeng Guofan's former residence, Ziqujie terraces and Mejiang National Geopark.
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