ISO 3166-2:ZA ISO 3166-2:ZA ISO 3166-2:ZA is the entry for South Africa in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. Currently for South Africa, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 9 provinces. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of South Africa. The second part is two letters. Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published
Za (guilds) over 130 years. However, the "za" continued to operate, and perhaps became even more powerful as the ability to safely travel and transport goods across the nation became increasingly scarce. Towards the end of the 16th century, one hundred years into the Sengoku period, Oda Nobunaga briefly took command of the country, and established "free" markets and guilds, known respectively as "rakuichi" (楽市) and "rakuza" (楽座). These dealt a severe blow to the power and influence of the older, monopolistic "za", but did not replace them. Several other types of trade associations came into being around this time as well;