Jiangle County was under the jurisdiction of Jian'an County in the third year of Wu Yong'an in the Three Kingdoms (260 years). It was under the jurisdiction of Yanping Prefecture in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and was under the jurisdiction of Sanming City in 1983. Located in the northwest of Fujian Province, it is a historic county, the former Central Soviet District county, the national science and technology progress county, the cultural advanced county, and the provincial civilized county, with a total area of 2241.1 square kilometers. As of October 2019, Jiangle County has jurisdiction over 8 towns and 5 townships. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Jiangle County was 144943.

Jiangle County has a subtropical monsoon climate, with an average temperature of 20 ℃ and an average rainfall of 2701.4mm in 2016. It is rich in mineral resources. There are 36 kinds of proven minerals such as limestone, coal and lead-zinc ore, among which the prospective reserves of limestone are more than 1 billion tons. The forest area is 2.9371 million mu, of which the bamboo forest area is 459300 mu, and the forest coverage rate is 79.98%. It is a key forestry county in southern China and the hometown of bamboo in China. It has four national tourism brands, including national scenic spots, national 4A tourist area Yuhua Cave, national nature reserve Longqi Mountain and national forest park Tiantai Mountain. From 2014 to 2016, it ranked first in the top 100 deep breathing cities in China for three consecutive years. In 2019, Jiangle County achieved a GDP of 15.796 billion yuan, an increase of 8.7% over the previous year.

In March 2020, it will become the national forest health base (the first batch).