Template:Preceding category

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This template uses Lua:

Usage

Replace "CATEGORY NAME" with the name only of the target category, leaving out the term "Category:".

{{Preceding category|19th century by continent}} →
See also the preceding Category:19th century by continent

Non-existent category will return blank:

v t e Hatnote templates for category pages
About	{{Category explanation }} {{Category main article }} {{Category main section }} {{Main category }} {{Category more }} {{Category more if exists }}
See also	{{Category see also }} {{Category see also if exists }} {{Category see also if exists 2 }} {{Category pair }} {{Preceding category }} {{Succeeding category }}
Distinguish	{{Category distinguish }} {{Category contrast }}
Outline Category:Hatnote templates for category pages See also other category-header templates

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Preceding category/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.