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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.

Shanyang District belongs to Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, bordering Shanxi by Taihang Mountain in the north, the Yellow River in the south, and Zhengzhou and Luoyang across the river. it is the economic, cultural, financial and commercial center of Jiaozuo City. Shanyang District, with a total area of 74.4 square kilometers, has jurisdiction over 10 streets, 19 administrative villages and 31 communities, with a total population of 249733 (2012). China's key cultural relics protection units-after thousands of years of Han Xiandi relegated Shanyang Old City, famous at home and abroad, Yao Wang Temple, and shrine, and so on. Shanyang District within the jurisdiction of the south-to-north water transfer, west-to-east gas transmission through the city. The GDP of Shanyang District in 2012 is 2.321 billion yuan. In 2009, Shanyang District won the civilized urban area of Henan Province, the advanced cultural area of Henan Province, the advanced unit of cultural activities in the square of "Happy Central Plains Wushanyang", and the city's "New Fashion".
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