Ghelari () is a commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Ghelari, Govăjdia (Govasdia), Plop, and Ruda.Populaţia stabilă pe județe, municipii, orașe și localităti componenete la RPL_2011, 2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică, accessed 20 February 2020.

The commune is located in the central part of the county, southwest of Hunedoara.

Govăjdia village is the site of the Govăjdia Blast Furnace.

Natives Sandu Florea (born 1946), Romanian-American comic book and comic strip creator Ovidiu Cornel Hanganu (born 1970), football striker

See also Orthodox Church of Ghelar Transylvanian mining railway

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