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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.

Xiangtan County is located in the north of Nanyue Hengshan Mountain, the west bank of the lower reaches of the Xiangjiang River, the northern section of the Changheng Hilly Basin, between latitude 27 °20 mi 28 °05 'north and longitude 112 °25 mi 113 °03' east, Zhuzhou City and Dengkou District in the east, Hengdong County, Hengshan County and Shuangfeng County in the south, Xiangxiang City and Shaoshan City in the west, and Xiangtan City in the north. Under the jurisdiction of 15 towns, 4 townships, a total of 645 administrative villages, 14 neighborhood committees, 14 community neighborhood committees. In 2015, according to Xiangtan County township division adjustment plan, the adjustment under the jurisdiction of 3 townships and 14 towns. Xiangtan County, known as the Pearl of Central Hunan, is the hometown of Xianglian in China and the birthplace of Huxiang culture. The whole county belongs to the comprehensive reform pilot area of resource-saving and environment-friendly society (that is, national "two-oriented society") of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan urban agglomeration.
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