Whatever the mapmaker wanted to use. One of the more common ones is a star circumscribed by a circle, but there's no reason a mapmaker couldn't use a dollar sign or some other symbol if he wanted.
a star with a circle around it
A star often shows a nation's capital on a map.
Political maps indicate state and national boundaries and capital and major cities.
Rather than write the name of a feature on a map, that may take up valuable space and obscure map detail, a symbol is used instead. A map's legend will show what symbols have been used and their meaning.
it is called a map key and it shows what the different symbols on the map represent. The key shows a symbol an then goes to explain what the symbol means-------This may also be known as a legend.
The circle with a star inside represents a capital city on the map.
A star often shows a nation's capital on a map.
What is the symbol for the national capital
CAT
The symbol for a capital on a map is a circle surrounding a star.
a star
A Star
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This shows the capital or national capital
Your butt.
Speaking in terms of a map, the symbol for a state capital is a circle surrounding a star.
The symbol for a capital on a map is a circle surrounding a star.
Political maps indicate state and national boundaries and capital and major cities.