Drechterland (population: 10,075) is a municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The municipality covers an area of 24.07 km² (of which 1.20 km² water).
The municipality of Drechterland consists the following towns, villages and townships: Hoogkarspel[?], Oosterblokker[?], Westwoud[?].
... a term for someone with absolute governmental power, from the Greek language turannos. In Classical Antiquity[?] it did not always have inherently negative implications, ...