Associate Specific Links Category with a Post Category

I might need to clarify what Im trying to do. I want to have a certain category of links display on the category page. I dont want to have a seperate category page for each category. Id rather use a variable in the wp_get_links($cat) function. I could define the $cat for each post category in an admin page. But Im not sure how to check for the number of categories that exist. Once I know that I can display them in an admin page with a text box for the proper link category to associate it with. Then that link category will become $cat and allow me to do what Im looking for.