Öveç, Şemdinli
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Öveç | |
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  Öveç Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°22′12″N 44°28′37″E / 37.370°N 44.477°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Hakkâri |
| District | Şemdinli |
| Population (2023)[1] | 486 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Öveç (Kurdish: Sûrûnis;[2] Syriac: Sārūnīs)[3] is a village in the Şemdinli District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey.[4] The village is populated by Kurds of the Humaru tribe and had a population of 486 in 2023.[1][5]
Öveç has the two hamlets of Harmanlı (Dêrebanî) and Karakuş (Derya) attached to it.[2][4]
Sārūnīs (today called Öveç) was populated by 40 Church of the East Christian families in 1877 when visited by Edward Lewes Cutts and was served by one functioning church as part of the archdiocese of Shemsdin.[3]