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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.

Yimen County is located in the central and western part of Yunnan Province, northwest of Yuxi City, connected with Anning City and Jinning District in the east, Eshan in the south, across the Luzhe River in the west and Shuangbai, and bordered by Lufeng County and Anning City in the north. It belongs to Yuxi City. The southeast is 146 kilometers away from Hongta District of Yuxi City, and 94 kilometers northeast from the provincial capital Kunming. The high-grade highway with a mileage of 43 kilometers can reach Kunming and Chuxiong from the county seat. The county has a distance of 44 kilometers from east to west and 57 kilometers from north to south, with a total area of 1571 square kilometers, ranking fourth in Yuxi City. The total population is 177110 (2010). The government is stationed in Longquan Town. Yimen Longquan National Forest Park, a national forest park approved by the State Forestry Administration in 1992.
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