Christians Armenians formed a minority in the khanate, comprising some 20%, and formed no majority in any of the "mahals" (districts). The utter vast majority of the Armenians, some 80% of their total number, were located in the districts ("mahals") of Kirk-Bulagh, Karbi-Basar, Surmalu, and Sardarabad. As with other minorities in Western Asia, they lived close to their "religious and administrative centers". There were also Armenians in the provincial capital of Erivan. There were reportedly no Armenians in the Sharur and Sa'dlu districts and only "very few" in Garni-Basar, Gökcha, Aparan, Talin, Sayyidli-Akhsakhli, and Vedi-Basar.