Nizhny Lomov
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53°31′12″N 43°40′33.96″E / 53.52000°N 43.6761000°E
Nizhny Lomov (Russian: Ни́жний Ломо́в) is a town in Penza Oblast, Russia, located on the Lomov River (Oka's basin), 109 kilometres (68 mi) northwest of Penza. It is 525 km from Moscow on the M5 highway (Russia). To the southwest is Verkhny Lomov ('Upper Lomov'). The population was 24,249 according to the (2002 Census), a decrease from 26,648 according to the (1989 Census).
It was founded as an outpost in 1636 as part of the Simbirsk Line defense system. It was later known as Lomovskaya sloboda, Lomovsky posad, and the village of Nizhny Lomov. Nizhny Lomov has held town status since 1780.
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