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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = commune
|county             = Mureș
|official_name      = Ghindari
|other_name         = Makfalva
|image_flag         =
|image_shield       =
|image_skyline      = Makfalva 8.JPG
|image_caption      = 
|image_location     = 
|image_map          = Ghindari jud Mures.png
|map_caption        = Location in Mureș County
|leader_name        = Imre Vass<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=11 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|leader_party       = AMT
|term               = 2020&ndash;2024
|coordinates        = {{coord|46|30|N|24|55|E|region:RO|display=inline,title}}
|elevation          = 376
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total         = 81.23
|area_footnotes     = 
|population_as_of   = 
|population_total   = auto
|population_footnotes = 
|postal_code        = 547265
|area_code          = +(40) 265
|website            = {{URL|https://ghindari.ro/}}
}}

'''Ghindari''' ({{langx|hu|Makfalva}}, <small>Hungarian pronunciation</small>: {{convertIPA-hu|'|m|a|k|f|a|l|v|a}}; {{langx|de|Eicheldorf}}) is a commune in [[Mureș County]], [[Romania]]. It lies in the [[Székely Land]], an ethno-cultural region in eastern [[Transylvania]]. The commune is composed of five villages: Abud (''Székelyabod''), Ceie (''Cséje''), Ghindari, Solocma (''Szolokma''), and Trei Sate (''Hármasfalu''). The latter village, in turn, is composed of three hamlets: Cioc (''Csókfalva''), Hotești (''Atosfalva''), and Ștefănești (''Székelyszentistván'').

== History ==
Until 1918, the villages belonged to the [[Maros-Torda County]] of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]]. After the  [[Hungarian–Romanian War]] of 1918–19 and the [[Treaty of Trianon]] of 1920, the area became part of the [[Romania]]. In 2004, [[Chibed]] broke away to form an independent commune.

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|source = Census data
| 1850 | 5599
| 1880 | 6640
| 1900 | 7520
| 1910 | 7301
| 1920 | 7184
| 1930 | 7317
| 1956 | 7906
| 1977 | 5970
| 1992 | 5290
| 2002 | 5076
| 2011 | 3250
| 2021 | 3034
}}
The commune has an absolute [[Székelys|Székely Hungarian]] majority. According to the [[2011 Romanian census|2011 census]], it had a population of 3,250, of which 88.43% were [[Hungarians in Romania|Hungarians]], 7.08% [[Romani people in Romania|Roma]], and 0.7% [[Romanians]]. At the [[2021 Romanian census|2021 census]], Ghindari had a population of 3,034; of those, 72.45% were Hungarians, 20.01% Roma, and 1.02% Romanians.<ref name="RPL2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)|INSSE]]|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureș County)]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Székelyabod tábla.JPG| Abud
File:Székelyabod 2009-1.JPG| Abud
File:Makfalva Wesselényi.JPG |Statue of [[Miklós Wesselényi]]
File:Makfalva 7.JPG|View of Ghindari village
File:Hármasfalu2.jpg|Trei Sate
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Mureș County}}

[[Category:Communes in Mureș County]]
[[Category:Localities in Transylvania]]