Which is an oasis town, Hotan or Zhongshan?
Hotan
Zhongshan
Zhongshan ( ; ) is a prefecture-level city in the south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province, China, with a population of over 3 million (2012).
 The city-core subdistricts used to be called Shekki or Shiqi (石岐).
Hotan
Hotan (), also transliterated from Chinese as Hetian (), is a major oasis town in southwestern Xinjiang, an autonomous region in western China.
 The city proper of Hotan broke off from the larger Hotan County to become an administrative area in its own right in August 1984.
 It is the seat of Hotan Prefecture.
Hotan River
The Hotan River (formerly known as the Khotan River or the Ho-t'ien River) is formed by the union of the White Jade (Yurungkash) and Black Jade (Karakash) Rivers, which flow north from the Kunlun Mountains into the Taklamakan Desert in northern China.
 The two rivers unite towards the middle of the desert, some 145 km north of the town of Hotan.
 The river then flows 290 km northwards across the desert and empties itself into the Tarim River.
 Because the river is fed by melting snow from the mountains, it only carries water during the summer and is dry the rest of the year.
 Prior to construction of the Tarim Desert Highway in 1995, the Hotan river bed provided the only transportation system across the Tarim Basin. Dandan Oilik
Dandan Oilik (), also Dandān-Uiliq, "lit."
 "the houses with ivory", is an abandoned historic oasis town and Buddhist site in the Taklamakan Desert of China, located to the northeast of Khotan in what is now the autonomous region of Xinjiang, between the Khotan and Keriya rivers.
 The central site covers an area of 4.5 km; the greater oasis extends over an area of 22 km.
 The site flourished from the sixth century as a site along the southern branch of the Silk Road Hotan Silk Factory
The Hotan Silk Factory () is a silk factory in Hotan, Xinjiang, China.
 It is located to the northeast of the town of Hotan and manufactures many colorful silks which are sold in market.
 The factory offers tours in Chinese of the silk-making process, from the boiling of the cocoons to the printing of the silk. Guma, Pishan County
Guma (Goma) Town (; Pinyin: Gùmǎ Zhèn, Uyghur: گۇما بازىرى, Гома), also known as Pishan Town (Chinese: 皮山镇; pinyin: Píshān) (written 皮亢 Pikang in the "Weilüe") is an ancient oasis town on the main caravan route between Khotan and Karghalik and, in Han times, the route left from here to go to Arachosia (Kandahar) through Hunza.
 It is located in the Taklamakan Desert, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, about 158 km southeast of Kashgar in modern Xinjiang, China. Qigxin
Qigxin () is an oasis town in central Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of Northwest China.
 It is under the administration of Yanqi Hui Autonomous County in Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture.
 According to the 2000 census, the town has a population of 12,629 people and covers an area of 755 km2 .
 The town is 36 km west of Bosten Lake (the largest in Xinjiang), and is largely agricultural, producing grains, oil, sugar beet, fennel, pepper, cotton, tomato and livestock, but just on its outskirts lie the Tarim Basin, a desert. Aoudaghost
Aoudaghost (also transliterated as Awadaghust, Awdughast, Awdaghusht and Awdhaghurst) is a former Berber town in Hodh El Gharbi, Mauritania.
 It was an important oasis town at the southern end of a trans-Saharan caravan route that is mentioned in a number of early Arabic manuscripts.
 The archaeological ruins at Tegdaoust in southern Mauritania are thought to be the remains of the medieval town. El Goléa
El Goléa (Arabic: القلعة‎ ‎ ) is an oasis town and commune, and capital of El Ménia District, in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria.
 The official name is El Ménia (Arabic: المنيعة‎ ‎ ); together in Arabic, the two names mean "Impregnable Castle".
 According to the 2008 census it has a population of 40,195, up from 28,848 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 3.4%.
 The area is inhabited by the Zenete Berbers.
 El Goléa oasis grows many agricultural products.
 The grave of the French priest Charles de Foucauld is located in the town. Awjila
Awjila (Berber: "Awilan", "Awjila", "Awgila"; Arabic: أوجلة‎ ‎ ; Latin: "Augila") is an oasis town in the Al Wahat District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya.
 Since classical times it has been known as a place where high quality dates are farmed.
 From the Arab conquest in the 7th century, Islam has played an important role in the community.
 The oasis is located on the east-west caravan route between Egypt and Tripoli, and on the north-south route between Benghazi and the Sahel between Lake Chad and Darfur, and in the past was an important trading center.
 It is the place after which the Awjila language, an Eastern Berber language, is named.
 The people cultivate small gardens using water from deep wells.
 Recently, the oil industry has become an increasingly important source of employment.