Administratively, in the new Constitution, States (Estados) were renamed Departments (Departamentos) and less developed units were renamed Intendencias and Comisarías, all ruled from the capital, Bogotá, with governors, mayors and Intendentes appointed by the President, turning the federal system into a centralist unitary regime. The Presidential term became six years and the power of the executive was increased making the president an almost absolutist monarch. The death penalty was reinstated and sustained until the Constitutional Reform of 1910.
