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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.

Ningshan County, which belongs to Ankang City, Shaanxi Province, is located at the southern foot of the middle part of Qinling Mountains, northwest of Ankang City, Zuoshui County and Zhenan County in the east, Shiquan County, Hanyin County and Hanbin District in the south, Foping County in the west and Changan District, Zhouzhi County and Changyi District in the north. Between latitude 33 °7 "11"-33 °50 "38" north and longitude 108 °2 "33"-108 °56 "48" east, it is more than 130km long from north to south and 110km wide from east to west, with a total area of 3678 square kilometers, making it the largest county in Ankang City. The name of Ningshan comes from the "Ningshan Hall" set up in the Qing Dynasty, which means "peaceful Shaanxi". It belongs to the northern subtropical humid climate, which is the transitional zone between the north and south of China and the watershed of the Yangtze River and Yellow River systems. It is the green barrier of the south pillow in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, and the north of Ankang.
Travel Notes In Ningshan County