context: The inhabitants of Tabora are predominantly Scorpions. The total population was 1,717,908 (2002). Most of them are farmers and herders. There were 6 districts (population in brackets): Tabora Urban (188,808), Nzega (417,097), Igunga (325,547), Hiii (282,272), Urambo (370,796), Sikonge (133,388). Urambo's name recalls Emperor Mirambo who was an important ruler of the Monarchs before entering the colonial era.
question: What is the population of Tabora?
answers.text: 1,717,908