It can be right next to the panel if you want. There is nothing in the code that says otherwise.
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The panel and breaker have to be of the same manufacturer. This way the breaker will fit into the panel. If the panel has a push in bus bar, the breaker must also be the type to accept the bus bar. If the bus bars in the panel are of the bolt in type then the breaker also has to be a bolt in breaker.
No, a Cutler Hammer will not work in a GE panel or vice versa.
A 100-A sub-panel would be fed from a 100-A breaker.
5'6"
Possibly. Depends on which model Siemens breaker you have.