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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.

Tongde County is located in the southeast of Qinghai Province, at the junction of Hainan, Huangnan and Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and belongs to the people's Government of Hainan Prefecture. The Xijiu Highway, the provincial highway, runs through the whole territory from north to south, and the Yellow River surrounds the county in a half-ring from east to west. The county seat is located 3060 meters above sea level, 256km away from the state capital Chabqa town and 282km away from the provincial capital Xining, with a resident population of about 9000. The climate is typical plateau continental climate, the highest elevation in the county is 4671 meters, the lowest elevation is 2648 meters, the average elevation is 3660 meters, the average annual temperature is 0.4 ℃-0.6 ℃, the average annual precipitation is 440mm, and there is no absolute frost-free period. The county has a total area of 4758 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 73 administrative villages in 2 towns and 3 townships. In 2009, the total population was 61000.
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