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.
Dengkou District, which belongs to Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province, is called "Lipu" in ancient times and is also known as "Xixiang". It is named for its location in the confluence of Xianshui and Xiangjiang River. Dengkou District is located in the east-central part of Hunan Province, the middle reaches of the Xiangjiang River, the territory of Huanshui to the east, Xiangjiang River to the north, Liling City and Youxian to the east, Hengdong County to the south, Xiangtan County to the west, Pilusong District and Tianyuan District to the north. Dengkou, with its superior location, has been the gateway to eastern Hunan since ancient times, is the throat of the Central Plains leading to the coast of Guangdong, and enjoys the reputation of "Pearl of Eastern Hunan". Located on the southern edge of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan urban agglomeration, it is an important part of Zhuzhou's "one core, one circle, one corridor" development plan. As of February 2018, Dengkou District has jurisdiction over 8 towns, 129 villages and 10 communities, with a total area of 1053.6 square kilometers. It belongs to the experimental area of "two-oriented society" construction, of which 275 square meters.