Captain Juan de Ampudia (died 1541) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador.
He also created the first tile factory on the side of a hill now called "El Tejar".
He helped Sebastián de Belalcázar to pacify the area around Quito and killed Zopozopanqui, a local chieftain, leading to the rebellion against the Spanish.
[citation needed] On December 24, 1536 he and his troops took the hill called El Azafate in order to secure the route that De Belalcázar would take to found the city of Popayán on January 13, 1537.
Under orders from Benalcazar he went after the rebelling Captain Osorio and died of spear wounds on his way back to Popayán in 1541.