When you find petrol, it will be unleaded.
Problem is, almost everything runs on diesel. It was very hard to find gasoline in many places. One way or another, if you plan on exploring Mauritania you should have 500km of fuel range (not including off-road Saharan routes). Mauritania was the only place in West Africa where I had concerns about fuel range.
For example Akjoujt (between Noakchott and Atar) looks sizable on the map but had no petrol at any of the stations. Ayoun El Artous was another surprise, a large town with no petrol when I went through. They said I should have gotten some in the little town of Tintane 60km earlier. If the stations don't have any, normally somebody will know somebody who will sell you some, but only at 3x the normal price and may involve a few hours of waiting around.
Last edited by jordan325ic; 16 Dec 2014 at 18:09.
Reason: I wrote "between Noakchott and DAKAR", re-reading, I meant Atar
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