Jiahe County is located at the northern foot of the Five Ridges, southwest Chenzhou City. It covers an area of 699.16 square kilometers and administers 8 towns, 9 townships, 33 neighborhood committees and 244 villagers' committees. Jiahe County has a population of 320,000, including 9 ethnic groups like Man, Yao, Zhuang, Miao, Dong, Tujia, Hui and Mulum.
Jiahe County boasts various honorary titles, including Hunan's only National Hygienic County, Culturally Advanced County of Hunan Province, Garden-style County of Hunan Province, China's major production and export base for hardware tools like steel hoe, clamp and wrench, China's well-known production base for high-quality tobacco, national bacon hog production and Hongkong-oriented export base, national pilot county for returning migrant workers' starting businesses, and one of the top ten Hunan cuisine industry base in Hunan.