Several areas have a Christian and Armenian majority, such as the old Christian quarter of Jdeydeh.
At the time, Syunik had an Armenian majority of 350,000 and a Muslim population of 180,000.
The town of Kesab has an Armenian majority.
The territory, which lies entirely within Azerbaijan, has an Armenian majority.
The resulting district ensured an Armenian majority.
This week a $664 million economic development program was unveiled, aimed at pacifying the Armenian majority in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Armenian majority there complains that its language, culture and Christian religion have been stifled by the Azerbaijani authorities.
But the Armenian majority has usually retained a limited autonomy within the region, and has periodically defied Azerbaijani rule.
The Armenian majority in Nagorno-Karabakh demanded autonomy in 1988.
Azerbaijan recently ordered the local government disbanded after its Armenian majority voted to secede.